Cybersecurity for Democracy

Pursuing platform transparency in 2022

Mozilla, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia…

Researchers’ audit reveals flaws in Facebook’s identification of political ads

Where the platform…

Ad Observer over collection incident report

Tl;dr: The Ad Observer team discovered that a code formatting change by Facebook led to Ad Observer’s inadvertent collection of the top public comments on ~200 Facebook ads. None of these comments were seen by anyone other than NYU researchers. The…

Testimony of Laura Edelson, NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy

Before the Subcommittee on Investigations…

Understanding Engagement with (Mis)Information News Sources on Facebook

Posts from misinformation news…

‘Inside Amazon’ Facebook ads surged after Teamsters union drive announced

Ads focused on company’s…

Researchers, NYU, Knight Institute Condemn Facebook’s Effort to Squelch Independent Research about Misinformation

Say Facebook is moving to silence independent research into Facebook’s practices regarding…

Cybersecurity for Democracy

Our theory of change for reducing online harms

Platforms: it’s time to show your work

Transparency for online advertising is essential for holding…