Social media content development needs to firmly establish safeguards from the dangers of misinformation. Like the latest parental controls on Instagram, levers are necessary to regulate the content.

Puig Larrauri: There's actually two reasons why polarization thrives on social media. One is that it invites people to manipulate others and to deploy harassment on mass.

They say that social media companies should be aware of the possible impact they have on political polarization and attempt to mitigate this within their algorithms.

The 2020 documentary, The Social Dilemma, unveils the ugly capacities of the very social media platforms many of us spend hours on each day.Economic interests have commodified our social media use, ...

How Social Media Fuels Polarization - 11/18/2024. The sophisticated algorithms that power our social media feeds have created information bubbles that fundamentally change how we process information.

Nearly 200 residents representing the voting breakdown of a swing state found common ground on hot-button issues.

For years, regulators and activists have worried that social media companies’ algorithms were dividing the United States with politically toxic posts and conspiracies. The concern was so ...

During his recent public spat with Donald Trump, Elon Musk tweeted a poll asking if a new political party would better represent the 80% of voters in the middle. Hundreds of thousands of people ...

A recent survey indicates Americans are more divided than united on what patriotism means. However, there are ways to change ...

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