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Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Instagram just launched a new photo-capturing feature geared toward Gen Z users. On May 13, Instagram rolled out a new in-app feature and a standalone app, both called Instants. They allow users to ...

It’s hard to ignore the seismic shifts brought about by algorithm-driven content. Every time you scroll through your social media feed or check your favorite news app, algorithms are diligently at ...

Democratic users were 7.5 percent more likely to get GOP-backed content than videos matching their own political views. Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers ...

Alexander Willis is a senior editor who graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and currently lives in the Metro Nashville area, Tennessee. Prior to joining ...

An audit of TikTok’s recommendation algorithm using hundreds of automated ‘bot’ accounts during the 2024 US presidential election finds that the ‘For You’ feed of the platform steered users towards ...

Abstract: The goal of a focused crawler is to selectively fetch pages that are relevant to a given topic. Previous crawlers use text content to determine text topic relevance and manually determined ...

Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government ...

IG Metall’s vote share at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin decreased from 39.4% to just 31.1% in the works council election that concluded today, a devastating 8-percentage-point drop that came after weeks ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...