- Home  /  
- Impact  /  
- In the Media
In the Media
CSMaP informs public discourse in the digital age. See a selection of news stories citing our experts.
Media Inquiries
-
AP: Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?
Sol Messing talks about how Bluesky is not only seeking to replace Twitter, but to create a new, more open way for social networks to operate.
June 6, 2023
-
Vox: What will stop AI from flooding the internet with fake images?
Joshua A. Tucker discusses efforts to mitigate AI's impact on the information environment.
June 3, 2023
-
NPR: One mom takes on YouTube over deadly social media blackout challenge
Zeve Sanderson discusses how kids online safety is low-hanging fruit for bipartisan support.
June 1, 2023
-
Vanity Fair: Are Bluesky Social’s Good Vibes Doomed?
Sol Messing discusses how decentralized content moderation could work for the new Twitter alternative Bluesky.
May 22, 2023
-
The New York Times: Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes
Several companies are creating tools to determine if content is generated by AI. Joshua A. Tucker discusses whether a similar market, focused on politics, will emerge ahead of the 2024 election.
May 18, 2023
-
The Dallas Morning News: Gore, conspiracies spread on Elon Musk’s loosely moderated Twitter after Allen shooting
Sol Messing discusses how Twitter's content moderation failed by allowing graphic photos of the recent Texas shooting to circulate on the platform.
May 11, 2023
-
Associated Press: Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR’s Twitter account
Zeve Sanderson explains how Elon Musk's threats against NPR's Twitter account continues to erode the credibility of information sharing on the platform.
May 3, 2023
-
Associated Press: Nearly three-quarters of Americans blame media for dividing nation, poll says
Joshua A. Tucker says the results of a recent poll about the media shows we should be concerned about the health of democracy.
May 1, 2023
-
The New York Times Magazine: What Was Twitter, Anyway?
In a story chronicling how Twitter became an integral part of public life, writer Willy Staley speaks to CSMaP alum Kevin Munger and cites our recent study on Russian trolls.
April 18, 2023
-
WNPR: TikTok goes to Washington
Joshua A. Tucker joins Where We Live to discuss a potential TikTok ban and other social media regulation.
April 4, 2023
-
NPR: Twitter users say they haven't paid for their blue checks but still have them
Sol Messing explains how changing Twitter's verification program will make it easier for nefarious actors to exploit the system and drown out higher-quality information.
April 3, 2023
-
Moderated Content: Behold, The Algorithm (or, parts of it, sort of)
Sol Messing joins the Moderated Content podcast to discuss what he found when Twitter open-sourced its code.
April 3, 2023
-
Politico: Twitter’s plan to charge researchers for data access puts it in EU crosshairs
Megan A. Brown explains how Twitter's new API pricing is too expensive for researchers.
March 22, 2023
-
CBS News: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to testify before Congress as some critics seek ban
Zeve Sanderson talks about about user privacy concerns and what a potential TikTok ban could mean.
March 22, 2023
-
Newsweek: Trump Signals He Needs the Social Media He Hates
Maggie Macdonald discusses how Trump could use social media now that he's been reinstated on mainstream platforms.
March 17, 2023
-
National Security Law Today: A New Era of Social Media Regulation
Joshua A. Tucker joins an American Bar Association podcast to discuss social media algorithms, TikTok, and data access.
February 23, 2023
-
Newsweek: Trump's Truth Social Dilemma
Joshua A. Tucker explains why Donald Trump is likely to return to mainstream social media platforms.
February 20, 2023
-
NBC News: Twitter API change risks alienating developers
Sol Messing explains how shutting down the Twitter API will harm public interest research.
February 7, 2023
-
The Washington Post: Twitter curbs researcher access, sparking backlash in Washington
Sol Messing explains how losing the Twitter API will hurt academic research.
February 3, 2023
-
The Atlantic: Will the 2016 Election Ever End?
Joshua A. Tucker explains how our study on Russian foreign influence in 2016 is one piece of a complicated puzzle.
January 25, 2023
-
Vox: What’s real — and what’s overhyped — about Russia’s 2016 election interference
Coverage of our recent study on Russia's foreign influence campaign on Twitter.
January 20, 2023
-
Columbia Journalism Review: A new study reignites the debate over Twitter, bots, and 2016
Coverage of our recent study on Russia's foreign influence campaign on Twitter.
January 19, 2023
-
Salon: New study blows up myth that Russian bots swayed 2016 election for Trump
Coverage of our latest study on Russian foreign influence on Twitter in 2016.
January 11, 2023
-
The Wall Street Journal: Does Twitter Disinformation Even Work?
In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal highlights our study on Russian foreign influence on Twitter in 2016.
January 11, 2023
-
The Washington Post: Russian trolls on Twitter had little influence on 2016 voters
Joshua A. Tucker breaks down our new study on the impact of Russia's foreign influence campaign on Twitter in 2016.
January 9, 2023