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Instagram has become a major battleground for the attention of young voters.
Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments
Can we make the web more inclusive or will our online reality always be a lawless wasteland of trolls and lies?
When news stories include a catchy hashtag, readers perceived the news topic to be less socially important and more partisan.
Most of us are probably having our data tracked in some form. And while there are regulatory safeguards in place to protect user privacy, it’s hard to say whether these are enough.
Defamation law reform is on the horizon. Social media companies may be held more liable for what they publish. But this could come at the expense of everyday users.
This election season, the public is closely watching how social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are handling political ads.
With Wall Street slowly taking charge of crypto, the days of radical outsiders launching successful altcoins may be numbered.
A close look at the way the parties are using video in the campaign can tell you a lot about their approach.
Privacy and fact-checking are still big issues but risks from bots and foreign influence have been overblown.
It looks as if the Conservative P\arty has learned from the way Labour targeted the youth vote in 2017.
Media companies are mad as hell at tech giants and don’t want to take it anymore. But what choice do they have?
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No wonder that, according to a new international survey, media companies are increasingly unhappy with their lot. In this episode we hear from the survey's author, Robert Whitehead.
Personal data is valued primarily because data can be turned into a private asset. That has significant implications for political and societal choices.
Which messages and formats are cutting through the most?
Political parties don’t use Twitter anywhere near as much as Facebook. But at least someone is talking about this problem.
Until the two giants change, Twitter’s political ad ban will have little effect on elections around the globe.
The stage is set for central banks seeking to pull the rug from under Libra by issuing their own digital currencies.
We are in a battle for our minds. And it isn’t clear we will win.
Libra has lost seven of its 28 founding members – but don’t expect that to hold it back.
Top contributors
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Senior research associate, University of Sydney
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Communications (Social Media), Syracuse University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
