Social media algorithms, in their commonly known form, are now 15 years old. They were born with Facebook’s introduction of ranked, personalised news feeds in 2009 and have transformed how we ...

A new study from researchers at the University of Amsterdam suggests exactly that. In a surprising experiment, the study authors built a stripped-down social media platform populated entirely by AI ...

Experts explain how social media algorithms shape our news consumption and how users can regain control over their feeds.

Experiments involving AI chatbots interacting on a simulated social media platform suggest efforts to design out antagonistic ...

A report by the Children’s Commissioner reveals that social media algorithms are pushing unsolicited, violent, pornographic ...

Do you ever wonder why your social media posts never seem to get shown to all of your followers? I mean ... how do social media algorithms work anyway?

The provincial Liberals plan to introduce legislation this fall that would ban children under 16 in Nova Scotia from using ...

Experts explain how social media algorithms shape our news consumption and how users can regain control over their feeds.