A new study published in Nature has found that X's algorithm—the hidden system or "recipe" that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order—shifts users' political opinions in a more ...

The X algorithm’s promotion of conservative content may shift the political opinions of those who switch to its “For You” tab after previously using a purely chronological feed, a study published ...

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

Meta on Wednesday debuted an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets Threads users personalize their content-recommendation algorithms. Threads users will be able to tell the Dear Algo tool what kinds ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard line on a political issue, and the platform is quick to respond—serving up ...

The EU is threatening to take action against the social media company. It could be the start of a global reckoning. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET's ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

“It’s basically professional barbershop talk with an unfiltered delivery,” said the star of the new Marvel series “Wonder Man.” By Kathryn Shattuck Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has so much percolating that ...

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II dives into Simon Williams’ complex mind, gets real about nerves, and reveals the one thing he’s finally stopped chasing. Carly Lane is an Atlanta-based writer and critic who has ...