A new approach that uses artificial intelligence and Twitter language predicts opioid death rates much more accurately than current methods.
New research finds that Russian disinformation on Twitter during the 2016 election primarily reached a small subset of users.
Twitter and online news articles could help track the timing and location of spreading invasive insects in the US and around the world.
Can a global problem like COVID lead to less concern for other problems like climate change? A look at Twitter suggests the answer is yes.
Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter has led to a lot of questions. Here, a legal expert digs into the controversies and human rights in online speech.
"Counterspeech" is one option for fighting hate speech online. Of three versions, inducing empathy seems to work best, say researchers.
Politely worded reminders that there may be consequences to posting hate speech on Twitter may temporarily reduce hateful language on the platform.
"We found no evidence of intentional interference by the platform. Instead, bias can be explained by the use, and abuse, of the platform by its users."
"This is the first evidence that some people learn to express more outrage over time because they are rewarded by the basic design of social media."
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