An easy way to do this is to go to Settings & privacy > Content preferences, and then open the “Unfollow people and groups” ...

The world’s biggest social media platforms are not just hosting antisemitic and hateful content, they are promoting it and making it easier to find. That's the conclusion of two new studies, provided ...

Anna Mockel was 14 and suddenly obsessed with losing weight. It was spring 2020, and she had just graduated eighth grade remotely. Housebound and nervous about the transition to high school that ...

Over the past decade, most of us have gotten used to hearing that “the algorithm” is responsible for this or that on the internet. Sometimes it’s something useful, like movie recommendations.

Filippo Menczer receives funding from Knight Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, DARPA and AFOSR. An internal Facebook report found that the social media platform’s algorithms – the rules its ...

I’ve been losing a lot of time to YouTube lately. I don’t even know why. In a down moment, I just find myself heading to the homepage and watching whatever comes up (usually weird Tears of the Kingdom ...

Almost every day, YouTube’s engineers experiment on us without our knowledge. They tweak video recommendations for subsets of users, review the results, and tweak again. Ideally, YouTube wants more ...

Filippo Menczer receives funding from Knight Foundation, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, DARPA and AFOSR. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen testified before the U.S. Senate on Oct. 5, 2021, ...

Britain’s communications regulator has issued a stark warning to major social media platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Roblox: prove your algorithms are protecting children from harmful content, or ...

Everyone had to see this. It was early 2007 when Sadia Harper called her YouTube co-workers to her desk to watch. On her screen, a preteen with a buzz cut and an oversize dress shirt was belting out ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A gun safety group’s lawsuit puts YouTube, Meta, and 4chan on trial. A gun safety group’s lawsuit puts YouTube, ...

It’s nearly impossible to say “women’s sexual health” and “brand-safe” in the same sentence. Achieving brand safety on social platforms through algorithmic decisioning has been a focus for platforms, ...