Two new studies highlight how communication gaps can complicate efforts to protect vulnerable users of technologies such as ...

For students from rural areas, attending university and using social media generally expanded their social networks and increased exposure to diverse people, helping reduce echo chamber effects common ...

Studies and whistleblower claims have sparked new questions about whether platforms prioritize engagement over safety. For several years now, social ...

Facebook is generally the top platform globally, followed by Instagram, while fewer overall use TikTok, X or Snapchat.

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims ...

Meta has agreed to a landmark $18bn settlement in a major US federal case accusing it of endangering children, the terms of which will force the social media giant to introduce new safety features to ...

While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually ...

Today, trust in popular platforms is diminishing, organic reach is haphazard and hard to predict, and user behavior is growing more difficult to discern than ever before. At the same time, a steady ...

Scroll through social media these days and you’ll likely come across someone injecting themselves with a clear liquid, waxing lyrical about how it’s changed their body for the better, improved their ...