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Counterintuitively, directly combating misinformation online can spread it further. A different approach is needed.
The independent news collective is teaching a new generation of journalists and citizens to spot the stories in plain sight.
Can playing video games really curb the risk of depression? Experts weigh in.
Did America’s collective mental health get worse (and then better) after the first COVID-19 lockdown?
“Deepfakes” and “cheap fakes” are becoming strikingly convincing — even ones generated on freely available apps.
In the future, you might voluntarily share your social media data with your psychiatrist to inform a more accurate diagnosis.
New research from MIT is unintuitive but could lead to a better system.
Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.
The platform experiments with letting users decide what content needs flagging.
Could we have predicted COVID-19 through social media trends?
Journalists, doctors, and others you should know.
History is not the story of great people directing the course of the world. It’s about networks. Sure, great people may have had an outsized pull on certain events. But […]
Study confirms the existence of a special kind of groupthink in large groups.
How to deal with “epistemic exhaustion.”
Textual analysis of social media posts finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.
The more you like, follow and share, the faster you find yourself moving in that political direction.
Social media seems to stress some people out. Maybe its time for a break?
A Stanford study explores the effect of multitasking on memory in young adults.
Both social media companies plan to implement special protocols on Tuesday as election results begin rolling in.
A 2020 study published in the journal of Psychological Science explores the idea that fake news can actually help you remember real facts better.
MIT Professor Sinan Aral’s new book, “The Hype Machine,” explores the perils and promise of social media in a time of discord.
What responsibility should government authorities and Big Tech take in policing the spread of sedition-oriented content?
New research reveals the extent to which groupthink bias is increasingly being built into the content we consume.
Will nefarious players use social media to sway public opinion again this November?
New documents confirm that the government agency—one of many—has been using a tracking company.
Pandemic rumors and information overload make separating fact from fancy difficult, putting people’s health and lives at risk.
Parental anxieties stem from the complex relationship between technology, child development, and the internet’s trove of unseemly content.
Fear-mongering is now a billion-dollar industry.
Here are 5 simple steps to creating a side hustle you can cash in on—just remember: quality should be at the heart of each step.
Despite fact check campaigns, anti-vaccination influence is growing.