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A man who had urged armed resistance to Kenosha protestors kept up a Facebook account, even after the company purged his “militia” group

By Matt Field | Technology and Security

Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey.

The fight over social media’s potent political ads just got more interesting

By Justin Sherman | Disruptive Technologies

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Sean P. Anderson via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Social media regulation and its discontents

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Flowers outside a mosque in New Zealand to commemorate the victims of an attack on two mosques that killed 50 people. Credit: Mike Dickison via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0. (Edited)

Should tech executives do hard time for violent content posted to their platforms?

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Credit: World Economic Forum / swiss-image.ch / Valeriano DiDomenico CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

A new voice chimes in on regulating facial recognition and big-tech

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading