Social media isn’t just connecting teens, it’s consuming them, and we need a better policy approach to curb harm.

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard ...

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People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and the spread of misinformation, my ...

Social media algorithms keep seniors scrolling through outrage instead of family updates, increasing isolation despite promises of digital connection.

If you're seeing the same types of stories repeatedly on your social media feeds, you're not alone, and it's due to something called an "algorithm.""It's a series of steps that a computer follows in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron commented on American social media and AI companies using "free speech" as a defense against European regulators during remarks at the All India Institute of Medical ...

Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at social media algorithms Tuesday, saying sites that are “dominated by algorithms” are the “digital equivalent of AR-15s.” Gore, speaking at the Bloomberg Green ...