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YouTube is a major conduit of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide and is not doing enough to tackle the spread of falsehoods on its platform, according to a global coalition […]
By Dan MilmoClass assignment Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, with […]
By Craig Silverman, Craig Timberg Jeff Kao, and Jeremy B. MerrillPeople’s sense of being subject to digital dataveillance can cause them to restrict their digital communication behavior. Such a chilling effect is essentially a form of self-censorship in everyday digital […]
By Moritz Büchi, Noemi Festic, and Michael LatzerMachine learning algorithms pervade contemporary society. They are integral to social institutions, inform processes of governance, and animate the mundane technologies of daily life. Consistently, the outcomes of machine learning […]
By Jenny L. Davis, Apryl Williams, and Michael W. YangApryl Williams received her PhD in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 2017 with a designated focus in race, media, and culture. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department […]
Microsoft Research New England and New York, part of the global network of Microsoft Research Labs, are looking for advanced PhD students to join the Social Media Collective (SMC) for […]
By Microsoft ResearchReal-world data paired with digital simulations of products—digital twins—are providing valuable insights that are helping companies identify and resolve problems before prototypes go into production and manage products in the […]
By MIT Technology Review InsightsRumman Chowdhury’s passion lies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and humanity. She is a pioneer in the field of applied algorithmic ethics, creating cutting-edge enterprise technical solutions for ethical, […]
Matthew Tamayo-Rios is the founder and CEO of OpenLattice, a team of determined optimists on a mission to improve human outcomes and support more informed decision making by getting the […]
Dan O’Sullivan is the founding associate dean of the Emerging Media Institute, encompassing four departments at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is also TBS Chair at […]
Clementine Jacoby is the Executive Director at Recidiviz — a nonprofit building an open-source platform to turn fragmented criminal justice data into actionable insights for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and the […]