Paul M. Barrett

Guest Author

Paul M. Barrett (Bluesky – LinkedIn) is the deputy director and senior research scholar at the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights. He writes about the effects of social media on democracy.

Articles by this author:

Unpacking the Voice of America Litigation

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Apr 10th, 2025

Regulating Social Media Platforms: Government, Speech, and the Law

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Apr 2nd, 2025

Academic Misinformation Researchers are Still Under Attack

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Mar 13th, 2025

Book Review: A Misinformation Researcher’s Guide to the ‘Carnival of Mirrors’

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Sep 3rd, 2024

The Just Security Podcast: An Innovative Lawsuit Links Social Media Companies to Mass Shootings

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Jul 19th, 2024

The Supreme Court Seemed to Punt on Social Media and the First Amendment. It Actually Protected Content Moderation.

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Jul 11th, 2024

Can Families of Mass Shooting Victims Hold Social Media Companies Responsible for Violence?

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Jun 21st, 2024

What U.S. Policymakers Can Learn from the European Union’s Probe of Meta

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May 1st, 2024

Is Generative AI the Answer for the Failures of Content Moderation?

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Apr 3rd, 2024

Book Review: An Optimist’s Guide to Reining In Big Tech

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Nov 10th, 2023

The Meta Studies: Nuanced Findings, Corporate Spin, and Media Oversimplification

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Aug 2nd, 2023

To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics

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Jun 28th, 2023

It’s Past Time to Take Social Media Content Moderation In-House

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Jan 18th, 2023

The Limits of What Gov’t Can Do About Jan. 6th Committee’s Social Media and Extremism Findings

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Jan 10th, 2023