The Algerian population has taken to the streets in a peaceful and nonviolent manner to protest against President Bouteflika’s running for a fifth term of office.
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Demonstrations against Abdelaziz Bouteflika have opened up a rare space for debate and self-expression – and could signal a change to a more free and involved civil society in Algeria.
Don’t expect to see any less of the Kardashians. Sorry about that.
A new report concludes companies like Facebook – headed up by Mark Zuckerberg – should not be allowed to consider themselves ahead of and beyond the law.
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Are you annoyed at Facebook? You’re not alone – and momentum is growing across the world to use regulation and the law to rein in the behaviours of this and other digital platforms.
Your voting preference might be subtly influenced by social media exposure in the lead up to an election.
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If another country wants to weaponise data hacked through Australia’s parliament, we’ll likely see them try to inflame religious and ethnic differences, and drive votes to minor parties.
Nope, not a real news report from Hurricane Irma.
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It’s easier than ever to create a fake image and spread it far and wide online. But there are steps that you can take to protect yourself from fishy photos.
Billboard outside St Andrew’s Presbyterian, Murwillumbah, NSW 2018.
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Originally designed to display service times or bible quotations, church signs are becoming a site of political commentary, tackling everything from pill testing to refugee rights.
In Indonesia, age doesn’t have any effect whatsoever on one’s intention to share fake news.
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Research in Indonesia shows that people’s age, education levels and gender do not determine their likelihood to share fake news. Internet spending does.
A young couple posing for an Instagram photo.
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On social media, people increasingly feel the need to document every event and incident in their lives in public. What does that mean for romantic love?
Every device that you use, every company you do business with, every online account you create – they all collect data about you and analyze it to figure out minute details of your life.
African newsrooms are using media analytics to study their audiences but there’s a downside.
Statistics on Australian Facebook users show no decrease in numbers since the Cambridge Analytica scandal first received public attention.
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New research shows that perfectionism has increased dramatically over the last 25 years, and that perfectionists become more neurotic and less conscientious as time passes.
Feedback loops in algorithms amplify chosen content, to the exclusion of others.
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Algorithms used by social media networks expose users to divisive content separating them into bubbles. But the ways in which they are trained amplifies the effects of the filter bubble.