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Meta's fighting against Canada's law requiring it to negotiate with, and pay, news publishers for content. Meta is blocking all news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada within the next few weeks. Canada’s Online News Act is…

Many of us turn to Reddit for product information, inspiration in Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and stories about animals doing amazing things. Recently, researchers have turned to Reddit to help analyze depression and anxiety to…

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) released research exploring the use of technology and online safety tools by Generation Z.  The study, Managing the Narrative: Young People's Use of Online Safety Tools asked several cohorts, teens…

Behind the scenes of social networking apps are machine learning models that classify nodes based on the data they contain about users including education, location, or political affiliation. The models use these classifications to…

Before the first cases of COVID-19 in Europe were announced, social media posts buzzed with reports of strange happenings. A study by researchers at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, published in Scientific Reports, reveals that…

Trusted information is difficult to come across on the web. A new study conducted by Tapatalk, shows that Americans are even reverting to the original form of social media interaction -- forums-- instead of relying on social media channels…