Platform Transparency Legislation: The Whos, Whats and Hows

Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine has seen not only traditional conflict on land and sea but also a full-out information battle across social media. Russia has a fearsome reputation as one of the most prolific and effective spreaders of disinformation through TikTok, YouTube and Facebook. These operations have been both covert, as with the 2016 Internet Research Agency-driven efforts to interfere in the U.S. presidential election via Facebook ads, and overt, as in much of what RT and Sputnik have said about coronavirus vaccines during the course of the pandemic. Major social media companies have responded in the United States by prohibiting these media organizations from using their ad networks and by taking down some Russia-backed hacking and troll farm operations. The platforms earned early public praise for taking these bold steps to protect their users from Russia-backed disinformation. However, as the war in Ukraine stretches on, the inevitability of misinformation emanating from both sides of the conflict points to the need for increased transparency of online spaces to

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