Policy

A conversation with Olivia Enos about human rights and global affairs

In this episode, I am joined by Olivia Enos, senior policy analyst in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation. Today, we talk about human rights issues in China…

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A conversation with Klon Kitchen on technology policy, national security, and the rise of China

This week, I am joined by my friend Klon Kitchen, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), and we talk about technology policy, national security, and the rise of China.

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Understanding Twitter suspensions and the need for consistent policies

On Friday evening, January 8, Twitter officially suspended the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, from its platform for violating its stated community policies related to inciting violence and spreading false information.

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Is content moderation stifling public discourse?

Content moderation is difficult work for any social media company. Every day millions of posts and messages are shared on these platforms, most are benign in nature but as with anything there will be abusive, hateful, and sometimes violent content shared or promoted by certain individuals and organizations.

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Explainer: What is Parler, and why does it matter?

In recent months, a new social media platform gained growing popularity in light of controversies over content moderation and fact-checking on traditional social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. Parler was launched in August of 2018 by John Matze, Jared Thomson, and Rebekah Mercer.

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