The video-sharing app TikTok is a hot political potato amid concerns over who has access to users’ personal data. The United States has moved…
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Facebook has faced a lot of criticism over the years for failing to moderate hate speech. Its policies have come…
It’s broadly accepted that there’s a close relationship between development and access to information. One of the first economists to…
Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online…
Humanity has lived through many ages. We went through the Stone Age, Iron Age and while it may be way more…
The issue of review bombing has grown exponentially in the last few years. What started out as a way for…
Amid claims of social media platforms stifling free speech, a new challenger called Parler is drawing attention for its anti-censorship stance. Last week,…
In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories. Some progressive cities have banned some uses…
The advent of 5G has raised many concerns among people, to the extent that anti-5G movements have emerged in various countries…
Undoubtedly you’ve heard reports that hackers and even foreign governments are using social media to manipulate and attack you. You may wonder how that is possible. As a professor of computer science who researches social media and security, I can explain – and offer some ideas for what you can do about it.