Social media design is key to protecting kids online

Policymakers are focusing on restricting teens’ access to social media, but this approach risks cutting them off from its benefits. Making the platforms safer offers an alternative path.

Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 19, 2025 • ~8 min

Why removing protections on social media – in the name of free speech – is bad for peacebuilding

Most social media PR blurb is designed to convince the public these tech companies are a benign force for good. What the public really needs is a public service internet.

Paul Reilly, Senior Lecturer in Communications, Media and Democracy, University of Glasgow • conversation
May 9, 2024 • ~6 min

“Film Your Hospital” – the anatomy of a COVID-19 conspiracy theory

It's not just bots which spread misinformation on social media.

Wasim Ahmed, Lecturer in Digital Business, Newcastle University • conversation
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~7 min

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