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By generating automated targeted ads, “The Infinite Campaign” exposes the bizarre rubrics Twitter uses to render users legible
Ways to use UX to cut down on trolling etc.
Low attention and a flood of data are serious problems for social networks.
"The policies do not always lead to perfect outcomes," top Facebook official says.
A trove of internal documents sheds light on the algorithms that Facebook’s censors use to differentiate between hate speech and legitimate political expression.
Social media platforms aren’t bound by the First Amendment. That’s why understanding their user speech policies is so important.
To kick off the Women Online panel at VidCon last Thursday, the moderator posed the question: Why do we still have to talk about the harassment of women? I replied, “Because I think one of my bigge…
Some police and child protection authorities are advising parents to turn off the new feature
New and emerging forms of data, including posts harvested from social media sites such as Twitter, have become part of the sociologist’s data diet. In particula...
What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? That’s one of the underpinning ...
How Thousands of Companies Monitor, Analyze, and Influence the Lives of Billions. Report + Web Publication.
‘Once posted, forever toasted’: as 10 would-be Harvard students learned, it pays to be careful about what you say online and where you say it
BY JOHN K. WILSON On Friday June 2, the Evanston Public Library held a hearing that may lead to the firing of librarian Lesley Williams this week. Her alleged crime? Posting a message on her person…
At Least 10 Students Lose Harvard Acceptance For Posting Ill-Advised Memes On Facebook – Consumerist
At least 10 students who had been accepted as members of Harvard's Class of 2021 have already learned an important lesson about real-life consequences for online behavior. They had their…
Live-streaming apps like Facebook Live and Periscope give us a voyeuristic peek into the lives of others. But what is our obligation when we encounter digital violence?
In response to the tragic Portland stabbing , I wrote a Twitter thread praising the two men who died defending Muslim women on a train....