25 Years After Legal Protections for Internet Companies, Democrats and Republicans Want to Raise the Standards

Recommended Reading / January 19th, 2021 / By Rolf Hendriks

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Almost 25 years ago, Congress passed legislation that shields tech companies from legal liability for user content, but also states that content moderation must be done in good faith. Social media companies have benefitted from...
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United News Roundup, Big Tech, Section 230, Technology, Social Media, Internet

Trump vs. Biden on Big Tech, Explained in 2 Minutes

News / October 26th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

Here's a brief overview of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden 's stances on Big Tech, plus quick links to articles covering the topic from across the political spectrum as determined by AllSides Media Bias Ratings . Trump: President Donald Trump's administration has initiated an antitrust...
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Trump V Biden, Big Tech, Censorship, Free Speech, Technology, Cybersecurity, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Twitter

The Economist’s Analysis of Facebook Media Bias Misses the Mark

News / September 17th, 2020 / By AllSides Staff

A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides. It is an important topic and we found the report to be interesting, but we also found some problems with it that lead to invalid conclusions. We’ve identified a number of flaws in the methodology used in a...
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Media Bias, Facebook, Technology, Social Media, Filter Bubbles, Media Industry, Polarization

How Should We Address Differences in News Outlets’ Audience Sizes?

News / September 10th, 2020 / By Joseph Ratliff

Here at AllSides, we do our best to curate news from diverse sources, which helps expose our readers (and us) to different perspectives. Not all news sources are equal, however; some outlets have much larger audiences than others. This means their coverage, and therefore their bias,...
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Media Industry, News Literacy, Internet, Technology, Data, Social Media, Polarization

Story of the Week: Twitter and Trump Clash After Company Adds Warning Tag to His Tweets

Story of the Week / May 28th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them. The president plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at reducing liability...
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Story Of The Week, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, Big Tech, Facts And Fact Checking, Free Speech, Donald Trump, Censorship, 1st Amendment

American Airlines CEO Sounds Warning About Political Polarization and Technology That Divides Us

News / June 17th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

“Polarization stifles healthy debate, free thinking and compromise, and replaces them with rhetoric, groupthinking, and anger.” Doug Parker, chairman and CEO of American Airlines, recently gave the graduation keynote speech for Southern Methodist University’s class of 2019 — and his...
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Polarization, Political Polarization, Media Bias, Technology, Filter Bubbles

Audit Finds Evidence of Google's Bias Toward These Media Outlets

News / June 4th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

A new audit shows Google is biased toward a small number of major media outlets — and most of them have a Left-leaning political bias. One-sided information isn’t healthy for democracy, yet the world's most popular source of news and information displays a major bias. Back in October,...
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Google Bias, Media Bias, AllSides Media Bias Ratings, Google, Google News Bias, Technology

News Posts With Moral and Emotional Language Spread Quickly, But Deepen Polarization

News / January 7th, 2019 / By Billy Binion

Social media sites are chock full of political discussions, disagreements, and debates. That holds especially true for Twitter, the popularity of which stems from a user’s ability to distill news and opinion into 280-character digestible bites. A team at New York University found that...
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Media Bias, Filter Bubbles, Polarization, Twitter, Technology, Social Media, News

Prominent Patreon Creators Leave Site Over Political Bias. Should Big Tech Uphold Free Speech?

Bias / December 18th, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

Editor's Note: On Jan. 1, Jordan Peterson and Dave Rubin announced they will officially leave Patreon on Jan. 15. After popular crowdfunding site Patreon banned a number of accounts this month, other account holders — particularly, those who use their funds to explore controversial ideas...
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Media Bias, Technology, US Technology, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Free Speech, Freedom

Media Bias Fuels Political Violence in America. Can We Change?

Bias / November 1st, 2018 / By Julie Mastrine

A string of violent incidents in October further illuminated political polarization in America, raising serious concerns about how media bias contributes to hateful division — and how we must change this to heal our divide. In just the last two weeks, multiple incidents of political...
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Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization, Violence, Violence In America, Elections, Technology, Social Media, Google Bias, Google

Tech Companies May Be Stifling Conservative Speech. Can They Change?

Bias / September 26th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Differences in the way liberals and conservatives view appropriate speech affects what we see online — and can lead to silencing. The Department of Justice and state attorneys general met Tuesday to discuss whether social media companies are “intentionally stifling the free exchange of...
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Media Bias, Conservatives, Social Media, Technology, Facebook, YouTube, Justice Department, Free Speech

President Trump Accuses Google of Bias Against His Administration

Story of the Week / August 30th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

President Trump on Tuesday accused Google of manipulating its search engine to display negative coverage of his administration after Paula Bolyard published an article on the conservative site PJ Media alleging that 96% of results for "Trump" news were from left-leaning outlets . Many on...
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Media Bias, Technology, Google, Donald Trump, Story Of The Week, News

Tech Platforms Ban Infowars' Alex Jones, Citing Hate Speech Violations

Story of the Week / August 9th, 2018 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

Facebook, Apple, Youtube, and Spotify have all banned conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of Infowars, citing hate speech violations. Although Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey originally stated that the platform would not censor Jones' content, the company also removed several of his videos and tweets...
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Technology, Alex Jones, Infowars, Facebook, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Story Of The Week, News

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