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Social media algorithms can use millions of different parameters to decide what kind of content is shown to users.
Digital only commercial news websites still struggle for revenue streams.
Scrolling TikTok or Instagram causes mental fatigue, which can lead people to purchase items based on how many ‘likes’ an ad has instead of how much value the product will bring them.
TikTok has been banned from UK government devices, but it’s easy for all social media platforms to harvest your data.
The Online News Act could result in the formation of new agreements between news organizations and digital platform giants, which could give rise to a number of worrying developments.
Twitter and Meta are looking to make money from protecting users’ identities. This raises questions about collective security, people understanding what they’re paying for and who remains vulnerable.
Signalling theory tells us lots about the way paid-for verification has disrupted the blue tick system.
Meta is among companies in recent years that have embraced becoming a ‘flatter’ organization – with fewer managers – to become more nimble and innovative.
Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
Mark Zuckerberg says he wants the world to be more “open and connected”, but his decision to block archiving the company’s social media content argues otherwise.
A satirist posted a parody of a police Facebook page. He was arrested and jailed for four days. How far do free speech protections extend when it comes to satire about government?
The explosive viral spread of the grainy but dramatic footage shows the limits of mainstream media ethics.
Facebook and Instagram were recently told by their parent company, Meta, to overhaul their policy on nipple exposure. But the change may not be as radical as people hope. Here’s why.
We’ve all been at a work or family gathering when someone has offered a seemingly authoritative statement about the way the law operates. Without some knowledge of the field of law, listeners may simply…
While other social media giants are floundering, this one is doing rather well.
A mandatory news media bargaining code will force the digital giants to compensate NZ news media for content they host and share. But will it close off better options for supporting local journalism?
The metaverse offers novel opportunities for retailers and their customers, but retailers need to be adequately prepared to overcome the challenges of new technology.
Radical change at Twitter shows how quickly strategies and values can shift in Big Tech. New Zealand needs to be less reliant on overseas solutions for its own digital infrastructure plans.
Digital activism can be fruitful if it is followed up by practical and strategic offline actions.
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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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Associate professor of regulation and governance, UNSW Sydney
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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
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Associate Professor of Communications (Social Media), Syracuse University
