In August 2023, Facebook users copied and pasted a boilerplate message into new posts about how to "bypass the system" to thwart an "algorithm" that purportedly "limits posts on your News Feed" to ...

Users of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok might think they’re simply interacting with friends, family and followers, and seeing ads as they go. But according to research from ...

How does Meta AI stack up in the great chatbot arms race? Advertisingly. Data-miningly. Like the avatar of rapacious consumption, slouching toward Bethlehem; like a fool's bargain with the fae; like a ...

New research published Thursday attempts to shed light on these questions. Four peer-reviewed studies, appearing in the journals Science and Nature, are the first results of a long-awaited, repeatedly ...

Doing Facebook for small business? It’s still alive, but the way it used to work is dying or nearly dead. Posting every day? That’s a fast track to burnout. Random boosts? Usually a waste of money.

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...