A new study from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago offers underlying evidence that the engagement-based ...

Twitter says that right-leaning content receives ‘more algorithmic amplification’ Twitter says that right-leaning content receives ‘more algorithmic amplification’ is a news writer who covers the ...

This week Facebook announced, with much fanfare, that it will temporarily ban all political advertising after polls close on November 3rd, “to reduce opportunities for confusion or abuse.” ...

There is an increasing focus by governments and certain concerned civil society initiatives that algorithms might be amplifying terrorist and violent extremist content (TVEC). This focus is a result ...

This week Mark Zuckerberg gave a speech in which he extolled “giving everyone a voice” and fighting “to uphold a wide a definition of freedom of expression as possible.” That sounds great, of course!

A new bipartisan bill, introduced on Wednesday, could mark Congress’ first step toward addressing algorithmic amplification of harmful content. The Social Media NUDGE Act, authored by Sens. Amy ...

TikTok has quietly become one of the most influential platforms in the contemporary information environment, not because it promotes a particular ideology, but because it systematically prioritizes ...

Twitter said in April that it was undertaking a new effort to study algorithmic fairness on its platform and whether its algorithms contribute to "unintentional harms." As part of that work, the ...

At the 2026 Beauty CEO Summit, Chris Sanderson of The Future Laboratory and Madeleine Boyd of Together Group discuss how AI ...

If you’re a Twitter user, you’ll know that when scrolling through your home feed, in between posts from accounts you follow, you’ll sometimes see tweets tagged “you might like”. In other words, ...

The trial lawsuit against Meta and Google argues that Instagram and YouTube were designed to keep teens engaged at the expense of their mental health, prioritizing user engagement over the devastating ...

HB 9465, or the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act, consolidates many other bills, the majority of which focus on more traditional content-based policing, but also include much-welcomed ...