Mark Zuckerberg recently suggested that AI chatbots could combat social isolation by serving as "friends" for people ...

Social media platforms have become a crucial battleground for online visibility and engagement. This article explores the ...

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All social media platforms are pretty viable for organic reach. But of the large ones, Facebook has the lowest opportunity to reach users who aren’t already followers. Its algorithm focuses on ...

Under the Online Safety Act, social media firms will be ordered to ensure they tame toxic algorithms, take faster action on removing harmful content and introduce proper age checks on their platforms.

The way content algorithms are designed ... misogynistic ideas — like those of incels — to become common on social media feeds. “Clips and stuff like that from podcasts show up here ...

The Irish Council of Civil Liberties is calling on politicians to support a new bill which would force social media companies to turn off their “addictive” recommender algorithms for children.

SOCIAL media companies would be banned from using “toxic” algorithms on children under the age of 18 as part of a new bill aimed at protecting the mental health of young people. Social media ...