TikTok law threatening a ban if the app isn’t sold raises First Amendment concerns

The law forcing TikTok to be sold or banned is meant to protect Americans from Chinese government influence and privacy intrusions. But does it undermine a bedrock American principle?

Gautam Hans, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell University • conversation
May 21, 2024 ~8 min

New tool empowers users to fight online misinformation

The Trustnet browser extension lets individuals assess the accuracy of any content on any website.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
May 16, 2024 ~7 min


AI and social media can track depression and anxiety

"This study provides a new tool to describe and understand public mental health in a way that was unimaginable just five years ago."

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
May 9, 2024 ~7 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

Social media may affect desire for cosmetic procedures

The more time you spend on image-led social media, the more likely you are to want to alter your appearance, researchers find.

Boston University • futurity
May 8, 2024 ~9 min

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed? A psychotherapist breaks down some perils of digital dating and how to cope

Online dating has its own jargon. But the feelings involved are nothing new.

Danielle Sukenik, Instructor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus • conversation
April 29, 2024 ~7 min

Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds

Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.

Nora McDonald, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University • conversation
April 29, 2024 ~9 min

How TikTok’s algorithm personalizes what you see

An expert explains how TikTok recommends videos, the impact that has on users, and how to possibly mitigate unwanted effects.

Stefan Milne-U. Washington • futurity
April 25, 2024 ~10 min


Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems

TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.

Sarah Florini, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University • conversation
April 25, 2024 ~7 min

TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.

Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston • conversation
April 19, 2024 ~8 min

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