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Algorithms began as simple mathematical procedures, but today they shape what we see, buy and believe.
Political groups use social media ‘maptivism’ to spread exaggerated regional maps to stake a claim to territory.
If you’re looking for #womenshealth on Instagram, a new study shows you’d better be prepared for lots of adverts dressed up as health advice.
With Albanese in New York, the US embassy in Canberra – which now has its Trump man in residence – attacked the government’s Digital Duty of Care plans.
We asked 200 young New Zealand women about the body ideals they encountered online. Here’s what they said.
Spending time on skincare can be enjoyable, creative and soothing. But sometimes this self-care can be concerning. Could it be ‘cosmeticorexia’?
Social media platforms are the easiest place for a curious 16-year-old to find someone selling peptides.
Meta has been forced to roll out new measures, but many can be easily circumvented.
Important as it is, no amount of social media regulation will meaningfully address the manosphere unless we also dismantle the misogyny that underpins it.
The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model
Once we learn waists can be altered, it can be surprisingly easy to start questioning whether ours needs changing too.
Unless forced to do so, big tech companies are unlikely to implement features that go against their business model.
With food inflation over 128%, ordinary households are seeing – and documenting – the impact of sanctions at the checkout.
TikTok’s lawsuit fits a pattern – from cigarettes to opioids – of courts stepping in where lawmakers won’t.
The government’s proposed digital duty of care includes a mechanism for people to opt out of social media algorithms.
Some of the country’s highest-paid public servants would like politicians to stop posting videos of them online. It would be an antidemocratic, even unlawful, move.
The new bill puts the onus on tech platforms to protect Australians from harmful content and design features.
It might seem quaint now but for many Facebook users, the introduction of this content algorithm felt like a violation of their privacy and trust.
The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.
Top contributors
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Associate Professor of Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology