Nepal's government on Wednesday tabled draft legislation that would impose harsh penalties for "improper" social media posts, igniting concerns it could be used to suppress freedom of speech and stifle dissent.
Internet
Feb 20, 2019
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Retracting academic papers does not dampen the reach of problematic research in online platforms as intended.
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2022
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The more time a young adult uses social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated, according to a national analysis led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists. In addition to the time spent ...
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2017
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It's turning 29—what do you get the World Wide Web that has everything?
Internet
Mar 13, 2018
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(Phys.org)—NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as the rover checks ...
Space Exploration
Oct 3, 2012
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A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes, and research has shown that the human brain does indeed better retain information from images than from text. These days, we are taking in more visual content than ...
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2024
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Algorithms are used to personalize our newsfeed on social media. But the risk is that the points of view we are presented with become increasingly limited and extreme. EPFL researchers have developed a solution that would ...
Internet
Apr 19, 2018
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People in both the United States and China who think others are being duped by online misinformation about COVID-19 are also more likely to support corporate and political efforts to address that misinformation, according ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2021
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In the wake of violence in the US town of Charlottesville, the tech industry has started removing access to some of their services from groups associated with the far-right and those espousing racial intolerance.
Internet
Aug 18, 2017
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The new generation of successful female bloggers and influencers on social media are changing the identity of the stereotypical "ideal" housewife. This is according to a new study by Magdalena Petersson McIntyre, a researcher ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2019
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