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You're heartbroken, and you're on Instagram. You type in your ex's name through tears in the search bar. It was a messy breakup; you squint so you can't see whether they archived photos of you two, ...

People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and the spread of misinformation, my ...

In a bipartisan effort to “protect kids from harm,” an unlikely cohort of senators introduced a bill that would restrict minors’ access to social media, as well as ban companies from using algorithms ...

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Six-plus years ago, social media marketing was simple. You posted your content, and if your audience were online at that time or a few hours later, they would see the post. The social media world was ...

Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at social media algorithms Tuesday, saying sites that are “dominated by algorithms” are the “digital equivalent of AR-15s.” Gore, speaking at the Bloomberg Green ...

AI algorithms, trained on historical data reflecting men's sports dominance, may be gatekeeping sports content on social ...

We’ve all heard testimony about social media’s damaging effects on consumers. We’ve seen Facebook’s internal documents, which reveal the company knew Instagram, which it acquired in 2012, was ...

Hive Social is a mobile-only social media app that's become a popular Twitter alternative. Like Twitter, Hive Social lets you post messages, videos, polls, and more to a chronological feed of ...