Month: September 2024

When it comes to our experience of the internet, “the times, they are a-changin’,” as Bob Dylan would say. You can’t quite recall how, but the internet certainly feels different these days.This post was originally […]

In the early days of the internet, famously, no one knew if you were a dog. The internet was a place where you could be anyone.This post was originally published on this site

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.This post was originally published on […]

It happens in milliseconds, ideally, as you browse the web. Networks of computers and software analyze who you are, what you are looking at and buy and sell the advertisements you see on web pages.This […]

San Mateo County, California, home to tech giant Meta, urged Congress to pass legislation requiring social media companies to add labels to their platforms warning people about their potential to harm users’ mental health.This post […]

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy launched an investigation Thursday into Google’s artificial intelligence development.This post was originally published on this site

Is Brazil’s shutdown of Elon Musk’s X a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or pure censorship?This post was originally published on this site

Australia will ban children from using social media with a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister said Tuesday, vowing to get kids off their devices and “onto the footy fields”.This post […]

How do online crowds form, grow and behave? How do they wield influence? What distinguishes desirable crowd activism from mob harassment?This post was originally published on this site