Social Science One set to release massive trove of Facebook data for research purposes
It seems Christmas is coming early this year for social scientists.
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Jul 11, 2018
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Zambia planning social media clampdown
Zambia said on Thursday it will introduce tough new laws to regulate social media use to fight cyber-crime and combat the consumption of pornography in the conservative African country.
Internet
Jul 5, 2018
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How tech companies are successfully disrupting terrorist social media activity
In June 2017, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft announced the formation of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The aim of this industry-led initiative is to disrupt the terrorist exploitation of ...
Internet
Jun 26, 2018
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Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally
Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and across the world. Yet users are exposed to content of questionable accuracy, including conspiracy theories, clickbait, hyperpartisan content, pseudo science ...
Internet
Jun 20, 2018
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Professor says people are turning to 'socially mediated vigilante justice' to right perceived wrongs
The internet loves creating villains: People get caught on camera or social media behaving badly, the post or video goes viral and anyone with a computer or smartphone piles on and fans the flames.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2018
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Sites want your (anonymized) social media data
Social media sites' responses to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and new European privacy regulations have given users much more control over who can access their data, and for what purposes. To me, as a social media ...
Internet
Jun 6, 2018
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Regulating social platforms has dangers, like punishing content creators
By harnessing social media, the teenage survivors of the Parkland, Florida massacre in the United States have started a movement that might finally shift the dial on gun control.
Internet
May 14, 2018
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During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods
We know that Twitter is littered with misinformation. But how good are the social media platform's most active users at detecting these falsehoods, especially during public emergencies?
Internet
May 11, 2018
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The hypodermic effect—how propaganda manipulates our emotions
The scandal surrounding the improper use of data by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook in the 2016 U.S. election is reminiscent of the old debates about propaganda and its ability to "violate the minds of the masses," according ...
Internet
Apr 25, 2018
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Fake news, the First Amendment and failure in the marketplace of ideas
The rise of social media and fake news challenge long-held assumptions about the First Amendment and are undermining the functioning of the "the marketplace of ideas," a Duke professor argues in a new article.
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Apr 23, 2018
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