As a clinical psychologist, I see the "Twitter Files" as the capstone of a riveting social psychology experiment. Psychological studies suggest that humans have an innate sense of fairness and that it ...

Since Elon Musk took over at Twitter, he has apparently spent a considerable amount of time “looking into” the personal complaints of individual users who suspect that they are not as visible on the ...

Adam Mosseri gave more details about ranking in Stories, Reels, and Explore ahead of Instagram's expected launch of a Twitter clone. Reading time 4 minutes Instagram head Adam Mosseri released a ...

Within the past 24 hours, Facebook was granted a patent for “Moderating content in an online forum,” which it first applied for in February of 2015. Unfortunately, the most accurate term to describe ...

Users of Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) continue complaining the platform is engaging in shadowbanning -- aka restricting the visibility of posts by applying a "temporary" label to accounts that ...

Tech platforms use recommender algorithms to control society's key resource: . With these algorithms they can quietly demote or hide certain content instead of just . This opaque practice is ...

Instagram is, once again, trying to explain how its recommendations work in an attempt to dispel “misconceptions” about how the app’s algorithm works and whether or not the company engages in ...

Depending on whom you ask, the “Twitter Files” have been either a total flop or a vindication. Nowhere is that more true than in the debate over “shadow banning.” Right-wingers have long alleged that ...

Elon Musk has managed to piss off just about everyone on Twitter, and after announcing that he would be instituting what appears to be a shadowbanning policy on the platform, even the right wingers ...

On Instagram, artist Michael Kerschner posts collaborative queer portraits on his account, @queeringbeauty. Like many LGBTQ creators on the platform, Kerschner has received a warning that his account ...

Michael Rapaport has blasted Instagram for 'shadowbanning' him over 'false information' he posted about Donald Trump - as he branded ex-president a 'pig d***.' The comedian and actor, 53, claimed that ...