Americans don’t trust social media companies to handle misinformation

Misinformation, Section 230, Social Media Companies, Tech

[ad_1] Americans have trust issues, especially when it comes to information posted on social media. A poll out Tuesday from Gallup and the Knight Foundation confirmed these views after surveying about 1,500 American adults late last year and another group in March: About 80 percent don’t trust big tech companies like Facebook and Google to…

When it comes to social media moderation, reach matters – TechCrunch

Column, digital media, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, mass media, Opinion, Section 230, Social, social media, social media marketing, social media platforms, Trump, Twitter

[ad_1] Platform operators should treat personal media and mass media differently John Funge is the Chief Product Officer at DataTribe, a cybersecurity startup foundry. He’s founded, built and sold three technology companies. Social media in its current form is broken. In 20 years, we’ll look back at the social media of 2020 like we look…