Jack Dorsey says a marketplace of algorithms could fix toxic social media — but centralized platforms won’t give up their control easily.

DUBLIN: Social media platforms have long been criticized for using opaque algorithms that dictate what users see on their feeds. But according to research published by the journal Science and ...

This enhanced visibility will improve our knowledge of the algorithms that power social media platforms – and their impact on society. For example, since its launch in 2021, ...

The content you see on social media is often determined by an algorithm - and it turns out that these algorithms can rapidly change your views By Chris Stokel-Walker 28 November 2024 ...

Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it. Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds Home ...

Bluesky’s approach isn’t to ditch algorithms – instead, it has more than the average social network. In a 2023 blog post , Jay Graber, Bluesky’s CEO, outlined the ethos of the platform.

Social media platforms and other sites and apps will soon need to make key changes to keep children safer online; Currently, many algorithms use triggering content to keep users engaged ...

On social media platforms, algorithms are mainly designed to amplify information that sustains engagement, meaning they keep people clicking on content and coming back to the platforms.

Social media platforms have been implicated in conflicts of all scales, from urban gun violence to the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 and civil war in South Sudan.Scientifically, ...

I firmly believe that my son would be alive today had the TikTok algorithm not shown him those videos. ... Jennie DeSerio has worked tirelessly to defend children against social media harms.