Paul Barrett is the former deputy director of the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Before joining NYU full-time in 2017, he worked as a journalist for more than 30 years and wrote four nonfiction books. He is an adjunct professor at the NYU School of Law.

Paul M. Barrett

In New Book, Nick Clegg Can't Stop Spinning Meta

How Lawsuits In Kenya Seek to Hold Meta Accountable for the Harm It Causes

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

Brute Corporate Power and Billionaire Whims Now Define the US Tech Scene

Some Facts About Fact-Checking: Defending the Imperfect Search for Truth in an Era of Institutionalized Lying

How to Reduce the Danger of Social Media Facilitating Political Intimidation and Violence

The Politics of Social Media Research: We Shouldn’t Let Meta Spin the Studies It Sponsors

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

An Optimist’s Guide to Reining In Big Tech

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

To Legislate on AI, Schumer Should Start with the Basics

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

The Limits of What Government Can Do About Jan. 6th Committee Findings on Social Media and Extremism

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