Research
2023
- Too little, too late: By the time harmful content posted to Facebook during the Capitol riot period came down, millions had already engaged Jan 6, 2023
In the afternoon of January 6, 2021, Facebook leadership announced they were “appalled by the violence at the Capitol today,” and were approaching the situation “as an emergency.”
2022
- Abortion and Trump top topics for federal candidate political ad spending on Facebook and InstagramDec 7, 2022
Ad Observatory data provides insight on messaging associated with winning campaigns by party and other factors
- Summary of findings: “We’re going to kill you all”: Facebook fails to detect death threats against election workers in the U.S., while Youtube and TikTok succeedDec 1, 2022
An investigation by Global Witness and the NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy (C4D) team looked at Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube's ability to detect and remove death threats against election workers in the run up to the US midterm elections.
The investigation revealed starkly contrasting results for the social media giants: YouTube and TikTok suspended our accounts for violating their policies, whereas Facebook accepted 15 of the 20 advertisements containing death threats that we submitted to them for publication.