by Kevin Liao | Dec 8, 2022 | Boston University
Context On December 2nd, Elon Musk retweeted a thread which was posted at Musk’s behest by Matt Taibbi, called The “Twitter Files.” The thread details the censorship Twitter executives engaged in during the 2020 election. The censorship is concerned with a New York...
by John Ulysses Te | Nov 6, 2022 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In the digital age, social media has expanded from being a site showcasing lifestyles and personalities, linking and building connections between people, and a form of social entertainment to a version where people turn to for the latest news updates, research on...
by Amayr Babar | Jul 24, 2022 | Dartmouth College
Introduction Signing an online, electronic petition is the most popular form of online political activity within several democratic nations. Based on current research in the space, most online petitions fail to reach their goals and gather enough signatures to have an...
by Jonathan Kung | Jun 9, 2022 | University of California, San Diego
As social media begins to continually grow within the U.S. so will the trends of increasing polarization. Everybody wants to feel like they’re not alone. Whether this is in regards to political beliefs, hobbies or even daily life everybody wishes to find...
by Carter Woodruff | May 3, 2022 | Brown University
In a previous article, I examined the effects of changes to Facebook’s News Feed algorithm to prioritize “Meaningful Social Interactions” (MSI), drawing broad conclusions about both the potential and actualized threats to democracy that Big Tech poses. I now believe...
