A joint investigation by academics and The Wall Street Journal shows how Instagram’s algorithms promote networks of accounts sharing child sexual abuse material. A joint investigation by academics and ...

Algorithmic recommendation systems on social media sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have shouldered much of the blame for the spread of misinformation, propaganda, hate speech, conspiracy ...

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 659, Toward Computational Social Science: Big Data in Digital Environments (May 2015), pp. 290-306 (17 pages) Theoretical and ...

When opening a short video information app and swiping across the screen, users expect to find content that is 'just what they want to see' — but the reality is often different: during commutes, users ...

New research shows that understanding users' intentions—rather than simply increasing data volume—can improve the suggestions generated by YouTube's "black box" algorithms.

Have you ever watched a video or movie because YouTube or Netflix recommended it to you? Or added a friend on Facebook from the list of “people you may know”? And how does Twitter decide which tweets ...

Switch on your streaming service of choice or open the website for your preferred department store and a recommendation system is sure to kick in. “You liked this TV series, so we think you’ll like ...

China is once more tightening its grip on internet content, and this time algorithms are in the spotlight. The Cyberspace Administration of China has published upcoming rules that dictate how internet ...