You have to look hard to find a trailer for the recent release of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Estonia’s entry for this year’s Best International Feature Film category, on Facebook and Instagram — and ...

The desire to feel supported, included, and in community with others, online or IRL, is universal. But many huge social media apps today seem more adept at making users feel on the outs—or worse.

Content moderation and platform governance encompass the policies, practices and technical architectures that shape how user‐generated content is curated, sanctioned or removed across digital ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. TikTok’s algorithm, which shapes what more than a billion users see, has developed an almost mystical reputation for ...

In today’s Digest, we cover Meta announcing reduced reliance on third-party vendors as it expands its AI tools, Walmart securing two new patents for algorithmic pricing, and OpenAI planning a desktop ...

Two state laws that could upend the way social media companies handle content moderation are still in limbo after a Supreme Court ruling sent the challenges back to lower courts, vacating previous ...

Governments worldwide are increasingly leveraging AI technology for content moderation, aiming to manage the vast amounts of information circulating online. While AI’s efficiency in identifying ...

Once meant for connecting with close friends, social media has long since evolved into an amorphous blob of adverts, AI slop, and rapid-cycle trends - all driven by aggressively addictive algorithms.

As TikTok undergoes major changes in its U.S. ownership and content moderation approach, a new social media platform called UpScrolled has surged into the spotlight as an alternative for users seeking ...