Facebook is the latest social media platform to give users greater control over the algorithm that determines what appears in their feeds. Meta announced the launch of its new AI-powered feature, ...

Recommendation algorithms promise social media users a personalized experience, but some experts worry they promote doomscrolling, brain rot, and myriad mental health problems. Australia recently ...

The University of Southern California said it will lay off 65 workers in its Viterbi School of Engineering as it restructures amid budget cuts. The school is “restructuring its information technology ...

SYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday proposed giving social media users the option to select the content they see on their feeds, marking the next step in the government's push to improve ...

A coming-of-age story set in a nursing home challenges assumptions about aging while celebrating the power of friendship and hope. Playwright Ali Viterbi's play "The World to Come" received its world ...

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 ...

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

The Trump Administration last week moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Is the goal to reduce America’s collective IQ? The main practical effect of the Justice Department’s ...

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In the months following Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter in 2022, my experience with the platform (and perhaps yours too) got quickly, dramatically worse. My algorithmic timeline, better ...