Section 230 of the 1996 Communication Decency Act is a provision of the U.S. law that provides a legal framework for social media companies to operate. The law shields online platforms from legal liability for user-generated content. Essentially, this...
Stolen, forged, falsified – these are the words heard in many countries around the world, in talk about elections. In September CNN reported that аuthorities in Michigan were investigating how a missing voting machine from the state wound up for sale on eBay for...
The BBC is one of the oldest and most recognized media outlets in the world. But for one weekend, the BBC was the news and the center of a huge debate. The British public network suspended Gary Lineker, host of “Match of the Day” and a former soccer star, because he...
What can local media offer that mainstream outlets cannot? According to Joe Friedrichs, a radio news presenter from WTIP Community Radio in Grand Marais, Minn., local media has a distinct advantage over national media companies because they are embedded in the...
U.S. democracy faces, a number of threats and challenges, but, the most serious one is “disinformation,” said Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon. The Minnesotan politician shared his views with this year’s journalist fellows of the World Press Institute on a...
The war in Ukraine has made life worse for millions of people. But one professor here in Minnesota is trying to make things better. Much like a superhero in the movies – by day he teaches theology, by night he saves lives from a distance. I am Milena Kirova...