Facebook has released the first batch of data about how many abusive or violent posts it has removed.
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Simulation models show just how effectively fake news and propaganda can shift opinions.
The internet may provide the forum, but radicalisation remains a social process.
Eurovision Song Contest fandom on social media is giving LGBT issues a global platform.
The activism of the Parkland teens is a reminder of where social media gets it right. We mustn’t forget them in our rush to regulate.
The positive mood of tweets varies with time of day and season, but it’s consistently higher in parks than in built-up areas, where people are more likely to express anger and fears.
Six things you can do to control your social media addiction.
Facebook grapples with balancing the privacy needs of users with needs of the research community.
Personalisation has made decisions easier and quicker – but it is still large corporations, rather than individual users, who benefit most.
Today’s students are at increasingly high risk for mental health diagnoses. Universities need to step up.
Facebook is not just in the business of providing you with a service. It is also in the business of farming your data.
Travelling will never be the same with the advances of communication technology. The recently opened theme park Rabbit Town shows this.
The online abuse of women by men is underpinned by the same gender norms and power structures as rape and sexual assault.
The problems high-profile defendants pose in receiving a fair trial are hardly new. But they are more pressing today than ever.
These attacks do not involve direct contact with terrorists in the Middle East. Instead, individuals already living in the US are learning the “how-tos” of jihad online.
After facing the US Congress the Facebook chief will have learned the easy part is over. From now on things will be tougher.
Facebook says it’s going to continue to respond to widespread concerns about its practices and role in society. Researchers of privacy and online trust offer ideas for immediate action.
Not on Facebook? Well the social media giant could still have created a shadow profile for you, without your knowledge or permission.
Concerns that regulation could cement Facebook’s market position don’t account for the unique features of social media business models.
Experts reviewed more than five hours of testimony Facebook’s notoriously reserved CEO gave to Congress, searching for nonverbal clues to understand what he’s really thinking.
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Formal Philosophy / Director of Center for Information and Bubble Studies, University of Copenhagen
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Data Analyst, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
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Professor & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
