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Google and Corporate Social Responsibility: YouTube in the Service of Terrorism

February 21, 2025

This article is concerned with the boundaries of freedom of expression on the Internet and, more specifically, with manifestations of terrorism on YouTube. The article opens with two definitions of terrorism. Section II discusses various responsibilities that businesses have: economic, legal, moral, social and discretionary. Section III addresses the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Unfortunately, ...

From Bad to Worse: Auto-generating & Autocompleting Hate

October 29, 2024

Do social media and search companies exacerbate antisemitism and hate through their own design and system functions? In this joint study by the ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS) and Tech Transparency Project (TTP), we investigated search functions on both social media platforms and Google. Our results show how these companies’ own tools–such as ...

Lutter contre le « terrorisme » sur les réseaux sociaux : usages d’une catégorie politique dans les discours de Meta, Google et Twitter

September 17, 2024

Countering “terrorism” on social media: the use of a political category in the discourses of Meta, Google and Twitter La lucha contra el «terrorismo» en las redes sociales: el uso de un concepto político controvertido en las comunicaciones de Meta, Google y Twitter Depuis le début de la vague d’attentats de Daech en Europe et ...