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Before I tell you what happened at exactly 2:28 p.m. on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the White Houseāand how it elicited a very specific reaction, some 2,400 miles away, […]
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YouTubeās recommendation algorithm pushes users into ideological filter bubbles that are stronger for viewers of right-wing content, according to new research by the Tech Transparency Project (TTP) that highlights how […]
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Frances Haugen, the whistleblower behind a series of damaging revelations about Facebook, is adamant that she wants to help the social media company and not foment hatred of it. The […]
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Commercial āinfluence-for-hireā services are increasingly manipulating online discussions by promoting government policies in countries throughout the Asia Pacific region, according to the new report published this week, by the Australian […]
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One idle Saturday afternoon I wreaked havoc on the virtual town of Harmony Square, āa green and pleasant place,ā according to its founders, famous for its pond swan, living statue, […]
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A Twitter image-cropping algorithm that went viral last year when users discovered it preferred white people to Black people was also coded with implicit bias against a number of other […]
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Melody Devries is a PhD candidate at Toronto Metropolitan University. Building from a masters degree in anthropology, Devries uses digital ethnographic methods to examine how far-right politics become compelling to […]
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The rioters in Washington D.C. used a number of social media tools to livestream their January 6 assault on the Capitol, including Facebook and Instagram Live. However, the small U.S.-based […]
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In early 2020 as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) took hold and turned from epidemic to pandemic, global information ecosystems became overwhelmed in what the World Health Organization called an infodemic, […]