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.
Other
Apr 23, 2018
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Extreme speech on social media—foul language, threats and overtly sexist and racist language—has been in the spotlight. While such language is not new, recent increases of extreme and offensive posts on social media have ...
Internet
Aug 29, 2017
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Younger people's experience of the COVID-19 pandemic was shaped by their savvy use of social media platforms, navigating mis- and dis-information, subjective content loops, big-tech algorithms and emerging "splinter platforms," ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2021
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As social creatures, we humans care what others think and are influenced by the number of likes, hearts and retweets on social media posts. The downside? An attraction to popular beliefs—whether they're true or false—can ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2022
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If Thanksgiving dinner conversations have turned into heated political arguments over the past two decades, social media may be to blame. Popular social media figures—or influencers—who create or share distorted political ...
Social Sciences
Dec 1, 2023
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The use of bots to meddle in political elections. Algorithms that learn who people are and keep them coming back to social media platforms. The rise of autonomous vehicles and drones that could displace hundreds of thousands ...
Security
Mar 16, 2018
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A new study led by researchers at McGill University finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2020
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Online hostility has become a bigger problem over recent years, particularly with people spending more time on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic. A U.S. survey found four in ten Americans have experienced harassment ...
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2022
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As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it. And where regulation fails, some states resort to internet shutdowns or deliberate disruptions.
Internet
Feb 20, 2019
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The finale of ITV's Love Island was watched by millions of fans, many commenting live on social media as Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti were awarded the £50,000 prize. The four couples who made the final will ...
Social Sciences
Aug 2, 2022
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