Social media companies change course after bad press

Negative news on social media platforms appears to be highly effective in forcing companies to change their policies.

Christian Katzenbach and his colleagues at the University of Bremen in Germany analyzed policy changes at Facebook, Twitter (now X), and YouTube between 2005 and 2021 and how media coverage from 26 major English-language publications influenced the policies.New Scientist It was not among the publications selected by the researchers.

“There have been some really significant changes to…”