Users of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok might think they’re simply interacting with friends, family and followers,...
Computer scientists have developed a powerful machine learning model that can detect toxic social media comments with remarkable accuracy, paving...
Wearable gadgets like smart watches and glasses are growing more capable every year, but experts say smartphones will remain ubiquitous...
Influencers are promoting “overwhelmingly” misleading information about medical tests on Instagram and TikTok, according to a global University of Sydney-led...
What if time is not as fixed as we thought? Imagine that instead of flowing in one direction—from past to...
Public posts on social media platforms shed light on the extent and nature of prolific illegal wildlife hunting in Lebanon,...
Researchers have found that a newly developed diet inspired by the eating habits of non-industrialized societies can significantly reduce the...
TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into...
The decision by Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to end its fact-checking program and otherwise reduce content...
A study of 10 British motherhood influencers suggests they often deliberately share pictures of their children on Instagram, with strong...
Meta’s decision to change its content moderation policies by replacing centralized fact-checking teams with user-generated community labeling has stirred up...
Researchers in MIT Professor Stefanie Mueller’s group have spent much of the last decade developing a variety of computing techniques...
