Perspective Guard Blog

Recent events show just how little has been fixed at YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter since that long string of hostile acts by Russia became publicly known.

The technology could vastly improve lives, the economist says – but only if the tech titans that control it are properly regulated. ‘What we have now is totally inadequate’

The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to public life. Around the world, government agencies and political parties are exploiting social media platforms to spread junk news and disinformation, exercise censorship and control, and undermine trust in media, public institutions and science.

They’re using Big Data to manipulate elections—and weaken democracy.