Should Europe Build Its Own Social Media?
Almost all the social media platforms Europeans use are American. Should Europe have its own social media?
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Facebook to Ditch Fact-checking: What Do Researchers Think?
Meta's planned shift away from third party fact-checking in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.
More than 60 German Universities and Research Institutions Leave X
More than 60 German Universities and Research Institutions Leave X
Changes to the social media platform make further use “untenable”
Tiny Number of ‘Supersharers’ Spread the Vast Majority of Fake News
Tiny Number of ‘Supersharers’ Spread the Vast Majority of Fake News
Less than 1% of Twitter users posted 80% of misinformation about the 2020 U.S. presidential election
US TikTok Ban: How the Looming Restriction is Affecting Scientists on the App
US TikTok Ban: How the Looming Restriction is Affecting Scientists on the App
Nature talks to researchers about what is at stake if users in the country lose access.
Did the Battle Against 'Misinformation' Go Too Far?
The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good?
Thousands of Scientists Are Cutting Back on Twitter, Seeding Angst and Uncertainty
Thousands of Scientists Are Cutting Back on Twitter, Seeding Angst and Uncertainty
A Nature survey reveals scientists' reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.
Revolution by Retweet: The Growing Influence of Social Media on Education Policy
Revolution by Retweet: The Growing Influence of Social Media on Education Policy
Richard Willis analyses the impact of changing technology on education policymaking
Social Media Has Changed - Will Academics Catch Up?
Since its purchase by Elon Musk last year, Twitter has undergone a series of rapid changes, largely with an eye to making the platform profitable. Considering these developments and those on other platforms, Mark Carrigan, suggests that just as academic social media has become relatively mainstream the dynamics underpinning academic engagement on social media have fundamentally shifted towards a pay to play model.
A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
A New Model Predicts Depression and Anxiety Using Artificial Intelligence and Social Media
Utilizing data from Twitter and applying natural language processing artificial intelligence algorithms, researchers created a new, accurate prediction model for depression and anxiety.
How Twitter's Changes Could Affect Science
Podcast: Nature's experts delve into Twitter.
Researchers Scramble As Twitter Plans to End Free Data Access
A controversial policy change threatens to upend large social-media studies.
Viral Spread: The Increase of Anti-science Aggression on Social Media
Peter Hotez says anti-science sentiments fueled by twitter are being weaponized by businessmen and politicians seeking profits and power.
Twitter Is Not Rocket Science, It's Harder
Elon Musk wants to run Twitter like SpaceX. But human behavior will make it much more difficult
Social Media Enables People-centric Climate Action in the Hard-to-decarbonise Building Sector
Social Media Enables People-centric Climate Action in the Hard-to-decarbonise Building Sector
The Guardian View on Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: the Unfulfilled Promises Pile Up
The Guardian View on Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover: the Unfulfilled Promises Pile Up
The world's richest man promises more than he has delivered. His social network purchase is likely to go the same way
Does Fake News Affect Voting Behaviour?
What has been the impact of fake news on votes for populist parties in recent elections?
Online Harassment: a Toolkit for Protecting Yourself from Abuse
Scientists can take practical steps to prevent or pre-empt problems on social media.
How Social Media Influences Public Attitudes to COVID-19 Governance Policy
How Social Media Influences Public Attitudes to COVID-19 Governance Policy
Examining how social media affects the public cognitive and affective factors further influences their attitudes towards COVID-19 governance policy.
Social-Media Reform is Flying Blind
Redesigning social media to improve society requires a new platform for research.
Social-media Platforms Failing to Tackle Abuse of Scientists
A report by activists found that half of debunked online disinformation targeting three prominent scientists remains live and unlabelled.
YouTube Is Serving Up Climate Misinformation. This Top Scientist Says Google Should Ban It
YouTube Is Serving Up Climate Misinformation. This Top Scientist Says Google Should Ban It
Should YouTube treat climate misinformation the same way it treats Covid-19 misinformation? A top U.S. climate expert says yes.
Are Social Media Harmful? Yes, Say Most Europeans - but It's Complicated
Are social media bad for your mental health?
Unpacking The Altmetric Black Box
Article Attention Scores for papers don't seem to add up, leading one to question whether Altmetric data are valid, reliable, and reproducible.
'They're Killing People': Biden Denounces Social Media for Virus Disinformation
The president's blunt statement capped weeks of frustration in the White House over the spread of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and other platforms.
Let's Make Sure Our Personal Data Works for Us - Not Against Us - After the Pandemics
Let's Make Sure Our Personal Data Works for Us - Not Against Us - After the Pandemics
The Covid crisis has shown that consensual information-sharing does not have to erode our democratic rights.
The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you
Companies like Facebook aren’t building technology for you, they’re building technology for your data. They collect everything they can from FB, Instagram, and WhatsApp in order to sell visibility into people and their lives.
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
Revealed: the Facebook Loophole That Lets World Leaders Deceive and Harass Their Citizens
A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform.
What Really Caused Facebook's 500M-User Data Leak
The company's explanations have been confusing and inconsistent, but there are finally some answers.
I Called Off My Wedding. The Internet Will Never Forget
In 2019, I made a painful decision. But to the algorithms that drive Facebook, Pinterest, and a million other apps, I'm forever getting married.
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