Featured Publications
Article
The Internet’s Challenge to Democracy: Framing the Problem and Assessing Reforms
Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Article
Glasnost! Nine Ways Facebook Can Make Itself a Better Forum for Free Speech and Democracy
Timothy Garton Ash, Robert Gorwa, and Danaë Metaxa
Article
Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power over Online Speech
Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
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Research Paper
The Virus And The Vote: Administering the 2020 Election In A Pandemic
A Compendium of Research from the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project
White Paper
Report of the Working Group on Platform Scale
Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, Ashish Goel, Marietje Schaake, Roberta R. Katz, Douglas Melamed
Article
The Welfare Effects of Social Media
Hunt Alcott, Associate Professor of Economics, NYU
Luca Braghieri, Economics, Stanford University
Sarah Eichmeyer, Economics, Stanford University
Matthew Gentzkow, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Student Paper
Alexa and Elections: How Voice Interactive Devices and Assistants Alter the Provision of Political Information
Ben Murphy, LLM (LST) Candidate, Stanford University
Student Paper
FOSTA, Explicit Content Bans, and Free Speech
Brynne O’Neal, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Secure Elections as an Application of Blockchain Technology
Salvatore S. Calvo, Graduate Student, Stanford Management Science & Engineering
Student Paper
Hidden Censors: How Indirect Intermediaries Shape Online Speech
Anna Mitchell, Graduate Student, Computer Science, Stanford University
Student Paper
The Color of Surveillance: Examining the Complicity of Social Media Companies In Facilitating Law Enforcement Surveillance of Civil Rights Activism
Meghan Koushik, J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
Article
Age Matters: Sampling Strategies for Studying Digital Media Effects
Kevin Munger, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Princeton Center for the Study of Democratic Politics
Mario Luca, Doctoral Candidate, Sciences Politique
Jonathan Nagler, Professor of Politics, NYU
Joshua Tucker, Professor of Politics, NYU
Article
Trends in the Diffusion of Misinformation on Social Media
Hunt Allcott, Associate Professor of Economics, New York University
Matthew Gentzkow, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
Chuan Yu, Research Assistant, Stanford University
Article
Echo Chambers and Partisan Polarization: Evidence from the 2016 Presidential Campaign
Erik Peterson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Dartmouth College
Sharad Goel, Assistant Professor, Department of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University
Shanto Iyengar, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Article
The Internet’s Challenge to Democracy: Framing the Problem and Assessing Reforms
Nathaniel Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Article
Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power over Online Speech
Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School
Article
Glasnost! Nine Ways Facebook Can Make Itself a Better Forum for Free Speech and Democracy
Timothy Garton Ash, Robert Gorwa, and Danaë Metaxa
Student Paper
Hacking the discourse: Leaked emails, transparency, and disinformation – working paper
Benjamin Sorensen, Stanford University ’18, B.A. Political Science
Student Paper
The Role of Open Source Technology in the Battle Against Fake News
Hilary Sun, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
Studying the Real Ramifications of Fake News
Sarah Mahmood, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
Social Media Echo Chambers & Democratic Discourse
Helen Lawless, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
Internet Immunity, Fake News, and Asymmetrical Action
Thomas Davidson, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
Antidemocratic Effects of the Internet & Social Media: A Survey
Taisa Goodnature, Stanford Law School
Student Paper
A Structure to Counter Fake News
Travis Trammell, Stanford Department of Management Science and Engineering
Student Paper
The Mixed Promise of Public Broadcasters in Combating Fake News
Jared Crum, Stanford Law School
Article
Can Democracy Survive the Internet?
Nate Persily, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School