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Algorithms on X tend to bring you posts that contradict your values, and it happens more to Democrats than Republicans.
The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness and human flourishing are the prevailing ethos.
Google’s search engine fields 6.3 million queries every second. But the results it dishes up are far from perfect.
With a name that invokes freedom and a clean start and a design that promises to put control back in our hands, the Bluesky platform is attracting users away from Twitter/X en masse.
The findings raise suspicions as to whether Musk has tweaked the X’s algorithm to increase the reach of his posts in advance of the US presidential election.
Rental technology platforms force renters to pay for costly background checks, collect too much personal data and use opaque algorithms to ‘score’ applicants.
Instead of just banning young people from social media, the government should develop and fund better social media literacy programs for them.
There’s ever-evolving ways for children and young people to be harmed online. Here’s what kids think about the harms they experience and how to prevent them.
The new Australian Internet Observatory will shed crucial light on the inner workings of social media platforms.
Open-source AI models promise a more democratic and transparent future. They can also be open to misuse – and ethical concerns remain.
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
Visually appealing and cheap to produce, AI-generated images allow scammers and spammers to post high volumes of engaging content − and Facebook’s algorithm may be promoting these posts.
A new change to Meta’s apps will see users no longer recommended political content by default. The ramifications of this will be far-reaching.
Top contributors
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Business and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
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Research Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne and ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Media, School of Media, Film, and Journalism, Monash University
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Distinguished Professor of Digital Media, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College