MC 3/29: It's the Best of Times, It's the Worst of Times, in Platform Transparency

X this week had its lawsuit against the Center for Countering Digital Hate thrown out by a Californian district court. It’s a good and important win for free speech. - Emma Roth / The Verge

A Kremlin-linked group was spreading divisive stories about Kate Middleton as online rumors swirled about her whereabouts. Why? - Mark Lander and Adam Satariano / The New York Times

In the aftermath of the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, the destruction of X as a platform for useful information about breaking news was all too clear. - A.W. Ohlheiser / Vox

Meta is shutting down its transparency tool, CrowdTangle. Brandon Silverman joins to talk about the tool and what this means for the future of platform transparency. - Vittoria Elliott / Wired

Brandon’s substack is Some Good Trouble
A group of civil society organizations and researchers wrote an open letter objecting to Meta’s decision - Mozilla
GW’s tracker of Platform Transparency Tools & The Brussels Effect

MC 3/29: It's the Best of Times, It's the Worst of Times, in Platform Transparency

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