If you were starting a new social media platform—one that tried to balance civil behavior with strong engagement—and were looking for an example to emulate, Chris Vargo has an unexpected one to offer.

Meta is set to launch its own version of community-driven fact-checking in the U.S. on March 18, Reuters reports — a bold pivot in the social media giant’s approach to combating misinformation. Meta ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Remember Digg? It started in 2004, as an experiment to crowdsource the Web—to “digg” something was to upvote it—and ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WeShop Holdings Limited (“WeShop” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: WSHP), the world’s first community-owned social commerce platform, today announced new safety ...

On Monday, Twitter revealed a new tool that could, in many ways, serve as a shield. Birdwatch allows Twitter users to flag misinformation, provide context, and measure the level of harm the tweet ...

Note: This post and all affiliated content are part of AEI’s Online Speech Project. To learn more about the project, click here. With Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter now finalized, the issue of how ...

These are strange days for people who care about trust and safety on platforms. Historically, many people have suggested that either more effective central moderation (a platform owner intervening ...

Cecilia Munthe is director of customer experience at Star Stable, and Mari-Sanna Paukkeri is CEO and co-founder of Utopia Analytics Every game publisher will have some level of moderation in place if ...

EXCLUSIVE: When TRUTH Social launches later this quarter, the Trump Media & Technology Group social media platform will already have stringent content moderation practices in place to ensure it is a ...