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Instead of just banning young people from social media, the government should develop and fund better social media literacy programs for them.
There’s ever-evolving ways for children and young people to be harmed online. Here’s what kids think about the harms they experience and how to prevent them.
The new Australian Internet Observatory will shed crucial light on the inner workings of social media platforms.
Open-source AI models promise a more democratic and transparent future. They can also be open to misuse – and ethical concerns remain.
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive to anyone, no matter their political leanings.
Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
Visually appealing and cheap to produce, AI-generated images allow scammers and spammers to post high volumes of engaging content − and Facebook’s algorithm may be promoting these posts.
A new change to Meta’s apps will see users no longer recommended political content by default. The ramifications of this will be far-reaching.
Top contributors
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Research Assistant at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
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Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Information Technology, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Business and Hospitality, Torrens University Australia
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Research Fellow at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Georgetown University
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Professor of Internet Studies, Curtin University
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Professor of Digital Communication, Director of QUT Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
