Why going cold turkey with a digital detox is unlikely to be successful (Podcast Episode)
If one of your resolutions is to spend less time on your phone, or looking at screens, then you are...
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Twitter bans ‘media of private individuals’ with exceptions for corporate media after Agrawal replaces Dorsey
One day after Jack Dorsey resigns as CEO of Twitter and Parag Agrawal takes his place, the social media company...
Mapping the avenues of addiction in our brains (Podcast Episode)
Maybe you like food, maybe it's gaming, or perhaps it's social media. The truth is, we all have our addictive...
Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Haugen felt betrayed by Facebook after it dissolved Civic Integrity division: Senate hearing
Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen tells Congress "it really felt like a betrayal" when Facebook dissolved its Civic Integrity team, and...
Facebook ‘working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible’ after outage
As Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram go offline today, Facebook tweets that it is "working to get things back to...
DARPA wants AI to moderate social media groups, mitigate ‘destructive ideas’ during humanitarian efforts
DARPA is launching a new research project called Civil Sanctuary to develop multilingual AI moderators to mitigate "destructive ideas" while...
Google-backed RAND report recommends infiltrating & subverting online conspiracy groups from within
Google's Jigsaw unit sponsors a RAND report that recommends infiltrating and subverting online conspiracy groups from within while planting authoritative...
The rise of TikTok: What are the components of a successful social media platform? (podcast)
There is no doubt that 2020 will be remembered as the year that COVID lockdowns stole from us, but it...
Twitter to strip blue checks from some accounts, add new verification criteria in policy update
Twitter is taking a "new approach to verification," updating criteria for granting new blue check marks, along with a foundation...
If Twitter really wants to give ‘links to a broader conversation’ on disputed posts, why not show both sides?
If the idea behind flagging posts as "disputed" and directing users to alternative links on Twitter is really about providing...
Understanding the dangers of social media (podcast)
Social media has become such a deeply entrenched part of our lives, that abandoning it all together seems like an...
Sex neuroscientist on technology and the ‘sexual recession’ of younger generations (podcast)
According to Psychology Today, there are numerous reasons why younger generations are having less sex than previous generations. Dating apps and...
‘Rectify fake news, anti-socialist content or be dealt with severely’: China’s cyber police tells its big tech companies
Both the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and American big tech companies seek to regulate fake news, out-of-context headlines, and content...
Senate Judiciary Committee considers subpoenas for Facebook, Twitter CEOs over censoring NY Post
The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider authorizing subpoenas to compel testimony from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg...
Facebook to censor anything it deems necessary to avoid ‘adverse legal or regulatory impacts’
Facebook will start removing user content that could get the social media giant into legal or regulatory trouble in a...
‘When technology takes control of our information environment, it takes control of humanity’: Center for Humane Tech president
When technology like AI takes control of our information environment, then it takes control of the fate of humanity, according...
House Intel Committee ditches script, grills big tech on polarizing users and toxic civic discourse
Today, representatives from big tech companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified remotely in a virtual hearing before the House Intelligence...
Social media platforms caught up in information overload amid coronavirus pandemic
“That medicine, hydroxychloroquine, it’s working,” said Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday,...
Teens on TikTok: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Video app TikTok is quickly rising in popularity, especially among teenagers, but with safety, privacy, and national security concerns, do...
Intel agency awards contract to company that harvests social media text, data
IARPA awards a research contract for extracting data from text to Raytheon BBN, which harvests the text of social media...
