Mental Health
Facebook Whistleblower Testified That Company’s Algorithms Are Dangerous: Here’s Why
Frances Haugen confirmed the negative effects caused by attempts to maximize engagement
Stories by Filippo Menczer
Behavior
Information Overload Helps Fake News Spread, and Social Media Knows It
Understanding how algorithm manipulators exploit our cognitive vulnerabilities empowers us to fight back
Behavior
Biases Make People Vulnerable to Misinformation Spread by Social Media
Researchers have developed tools to study the cognitive, societal and algorithmic biases that help fake news spread
Computing
Fake Online News Spreads Through Social Echo Chambers
Online recommendation systems that include differing views may be an answer, say hoax researchers
