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Congress just enacted the most important reform of the rules governing the transparency of binding international agreements in the past half-century, and for the first time included nonbinding agreements.
Content moderation decisions are made throughout the internet stack. Our research suggests that almost none of the larger tech companies is transparently reporting what they are moderating and why.
The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether social media companies must explain how they moderate content. To get to an answer, the justices will have to clarify the law surrounding compelled commercial speech.
What’s the best path forward for platform transparency regulation?
Transparency reporting and data sharing aren’t the same. They aren’t even the right words.
Congress is considering major proposals that seek to provide greater transparency from social media companies.
U.S. lawmakers rarely agree these days. But across the political spectrum, most policymakers concur that digital platforms, including social media, messengers, and search engines, pose a problem.
The Glomar operates as a powerful tool of government secrecy, but should the Pennsylvania State Police be permitted to append it to every public records response it issues?
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released its “Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community’s Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities” for the 2020 calendar year.
The transparency provisions that Congress has set up to ensure accountability about executive agreements are in serious need of repair.