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The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social media platforms.
Facebook and Instagram users in some parts of the world can now pay for an ad-free experience – but at what price?
Our research is the first to estimate what the tech giants owe publishers. The actual sums paid out are usually covered by non-disclosure agreements.
The plaintiffs claims features such as ‘infinite scroll’ leave users less likely to be able to exercise self-control.
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
Our research has found the ‘yes’ side has been generating the lion’s share of Voice content in the media and social media over the past six weeks, but is still trailing in the polls.
Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
In this podcast, ANU Vice Chancellor and astrophysicist Brian Schmidt joins The Conversation to discuss the challenges universities are facing
Social media has been vital for disseminating information during crises, but with Facebook’s ban of news in Canada, old-school media, especially radio, is critically important.
A new law in Canada attempts to force big tech to pay for the news stories on its sites. But big tech isn’t playing ball, which is a huge problem for journalism.
Meta’s open source strategy contrasts starkly with the more guarded approach of its primary competitor, OpenAI
Foreign interference campaigns have targeted every major social media platform in Australia. But to date, nobody has been prosecuted for this.
A scholar of design who researches brand campaigns critiques the social media platform’s new look.
The recent declines of Threads and ChatGPT attest to the reality that rapid and widespread acceptance doesn’t necessarily lead to long-term success.
In the marketplace of ideas, for an app or product to be considered successful, it must be widely adopted for it to represent an innovation.
With competitors like Threads launching, where does Twitter go from here?
The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere.
Twitter is in trouble, but is Meta’s Threads a viable alternative for disaffected users? Experts explain.
In the battle for Twitter’s followers, this may be the end game.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Professor, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
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Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for an Informed Public, University of Washington
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