Parents have engaged in forms of ‘sharenting’ for generations. The digital age has complicated things, but while critics make some valid points, they’re not seeing the forest for the trees.
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Consuming too much social media when users end up comparing their lives to others more glamorous can leave one with bad feelings say researchers. But pretending or fantasizing is not all bad either.
Facebook’s focus on personalizing ads has created new tools for businesses to interact with customers and to connect coworkers.
New activist communities are fighting back against haters to make the world safer for LGBTQ teens.
After 15 years of Facebook, the ways brands use it for marketing and advertising have changed – right alongside the way people make decisions as they scroll through a never-ending feed of information.
Facebook has been acting irresponsibly and selfishly, and promising to do better without actually improving. But that’s not the whole story: The company has some positive qualities, too.
Facebook users no longer see the site as a confidant. They’re struggling with how to deal with a messy codependence – and whether to just break up and move on with healthier friends.
Until last December, Internet service providers were required to respect the principle of web neutrality. This is no longer the case in the United States. What are the consequences?
Monopolies are bad for innovation and dismantling them would help the US economy compete.
Regulation of the internet is inevitable and governments, rather than businesses, should seek to regulate it.
If you’re worried your phone is recording your private conversations, look closer at the data you’ve already agreed to give away.
Most tech companies make it difficult for users to say no to aggressive surveillance practices. But it is helpful to know about the default settings on your smartphone and how to change them.
Don’t swear off social media. Use it to your advantage.
Social media promised to be a democratising platform for citizen journalists – but now its limitations are becoming clear.
Academic research highlights the dangers – personal and societal – of giving too much time and attention to social media.
Young people are spending more and more time in digital environments – isn’t it time that support was embedded?
There’s an orderly fashion to so-called disruptive “manifestations”, as they’re called in French. But the “gilets jaunes” didn’t follow the rules. So who exactly broke the rules?
The ACCC would like closer scrutiny of digital platforms such as Facebook and Google – in particular with regards to user privacy, market power and operational algorithms.
Australia might become the first country in the world to submit Google and Facebook’s algorithms to a public interest test.
The issues that captured the world’s attention this year show the struggle to secure human rights is far from over.
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