Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modeling the behavior of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft simulated the market for ridesourcing ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2024
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Published in Nature, a new study has identified recurring, 'toxic' human conversation patterns on social media, which are common to users irrespective of the platform used, the topic of discussion, and the decade in which ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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As misinformation flourished online during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of platforms announced policies and practices aimed at combating the spread of misinformation. Did those efforts work?
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2023
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A new study reveals how Facebook communities were already intertwined with groups opposing best-science guidance long before COVID-19 vaccines
Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2022
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Controlling the spread of misinformation on social media platforms has spurred important conversations about censorship and freedom of speech.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2022
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Universities' value judgements about research are becoming 'coupled' to social media platforms as they compete for funding by demonstrating their influence beyond academia, an analysis suggests.
Social Sciences
Nov 4, 2021
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Polarization, conspiracy theories, fake news: What people see on the Internet is largely determined by the opaque algorithms of just a few corporations. That's a worrying development for democratic societies. But online environments ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2020
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Facebook said Tuesday that more than a million businesses now advertise at the leading social network.
Business
Jun 19, 2013
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Facebook hopes to release its own smartphone by next year, as the newly public social networking giant looks to boost its revenue in the mobile Internet market, the New York Times reported Monday.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 28, 2012
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You don't need to be an influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers to have a real-world impact during a crisis, according to a new study published in the Australasian Journal of Information Systems.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2024
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