The EU’s Digital Services Act Makes a Positive Step Towards Transparency and Accountability, But Also Raises Some Serious Questions
While provisions on notice and takedown are problematic, the DSA does make positive steps.
Tech Governance
Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Not as Powerful as We Think. But It Can Push the Company’s Policies in the Right Direction.
What Facebook’s new board can accomplish.
Suspending Trump Was The Right Call.
It’s difficult to establish a brightline test for deplatforming. But in this case, the potential for harm was too great.
We Need Alternatives to Big Tech. These Decentralized Tools Might Be The Answer.
A look at decentralized online platforms that offer familiar online experiences without relying on a harmful business model.
OTI Urges Senate to Table FCC Nomination, Focus on Pandemic
The Senate should table this nomination and focus on the pandemic relief legislation everyone’s been waiting for since March.
The Flaws in the Content Moderation System: The Middle East Case Study
Spandana Singh examines how platforms content moderation efforts play out in the Middle East.
Let’s Talk About The Other Social Dilemmas
Spandana Singh looks at the conversation started by Netflix’s docudrama, and where we need to go further.
The Election is Nearly Here. Are Internet Platforms Ready?
OTI has dozens of recommendations for platforms and policymakers to improve the response to election disinformation and voter suppression.
OTI and Coalition Oppose the SAFE DATA Act
The bill would put the burden of protecting privacy on individual users, rather than the companies that exploit personal data.