Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive for users.

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The polarising impact of social media isn’t just the result of bad algorithms – it is inevitable because of the core components of how the platforms work, a study with AI-generated users has found. It ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Social media platforms often guess what you want to see but you can change your algorithm with a few taps on your screen. Let’s start with Instagram. Every time ...

Social Media: As soon as you open any social media app and start scrolling, time flies by. Even if you intend to view just one post, a barrage of videos and posts appears that makes it difficult to ...

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors following Trump’s ...

Most of us spend a lot of time on social media. Scrolling when we wake up. Scrolling again just before bed. And at some point, almost everyone asks the same question. Why doesn’t my feed feel anything ...

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Kelley Cotter has received funding from the National Science Foundation. Chinese tech giant ByteDance finalized its agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S.