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In January 2023, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Texas Governor Greg Abbott banned TikTok on state-owned devices, effectively halting university research on TikTok. And in February, Twitter announced it would […]
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A project studying algorithmic amplification and distortion, and exploring ways to minimize harmful amplifying or distorting effects What made TikTok such a success? A commonly given reason is that the […]
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Platforms are on life support. Alternative AI interfaces are on the rise. Meta is shifting emphasis away from Facebook to AR- and VR-enabled portals for interaction. Mastodon is emerging as […]
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Misinformation is an urgent societal concern that affects us all. Science and health misinformation exposes us to harms both personal and collective. On an individual level, it can leave us […]
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As Twitter disintegrates, there is an opportunity to build solidarities that centre the experiences of marginalised communities As the world watches the disintegration of one of the biggest and most […]
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Ever wonder what the richest man in the world buys? Elon Musk, rated No 1 by Forbes on its 2022 list of billionaires, may soon own a social media network […]
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Based on interviews with a strategic sample of 11 publishers in eight low- and middle-income countries, in this report we analyse how various digital publishers across a range of Global […]
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The Observatory on Social Media at Indiana University, Bloomington invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The anticipated start date is January 1, 2023. The position is initially for 12 months and […]
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The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media […]