Information Policy

Top20 YouTube Influencers in Latvia

According to the study conducted by Estonian-based MTÜ Baltic Internet Policy Initiative (BIPI), 566 YouTube channels associated with Latvia have over 1 billion views (1,097,797,827 views).

New tools for researchers and end-users

Mozilla has come out with a timely browser extension to encourage end-users to monitor YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. Regrets Reporter (a play on the phenomenon of “YouTube Regrets”) lets users send in reports about harmful videos that were recommended to them.

Activists use Telegram to coordinate Belarus protests

How protesters openly coordinate peaceful rallies on the messaging platform

Twitter named best emergency communication platform

The majority of experts from 90 countries recognized Twitter as the best emergency communication platform when interviewed at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 2 October, BelTA learned from Vitaly Novitsky, official representative of the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry.

Facebook to Give Scholars Petabyte of Data on Misinformation

An independent research initiative that Facebook Inc. announced in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal is launching its first study, offering scholars access to a petabyte of anonymized user data to understand the role of misinformation in elections.

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