COVID has led to children spending more time on screens using social networks, communication apps, chat rooms and online gaming.
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2020
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Targeted advertising and news coverage are powerful, and controversial, tools for influencing human perceptions and behavior. This influence can be perceived as exploitative—notoriously Cambridge Analytica's alleged influence ...
Ecology
Sep 28, 2020
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While trolls have been around almost as long as the Internet, "incels" are a more recent and distinctly different cyber sub-culture which warrants more study says a QUT researcher.
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2020
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Compared to other European countries and the U.S., Germans adopted social distancing even before it was encouraged by the authorities. In all eight countries surveyed, women adopted preventive behaviors more than men.
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2020
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A newly redeveloped guide is setting out to help researchers across academia tackle the online harassment some face as they share their findings with the public on some of the world's most controversial, and vital, topics.
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2019
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday rejected the idea of breaking up the social media giant as off-target, saying it could hamper the fight against deceit and harmful online content.
Internet
May 23, 2019
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Facebook on Friday said it is tightening live video streaming rules in response to the service being used to broadcast deadly attacks on mosques in New Zealand.
Internet
Mar 30, 2019
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A US regulator Tuesday announced the launch of an antitrust task force to focus on competition in the tech sector and consider challenging mergers and tie-ups retroactively.
Business
Feb 26, 2019
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Researchers from ITMO University report that they have predicted personality features such as gender using data from an online gaming platform. This is one of the first studies of machine learning applied to a large amount ...
Machine learning & AI
Feb 7, 2019
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It seems like internet trolling happens everywhere online these days – and it's showing no signs of slowing down.
Other
Feb 4, 2019
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