'Outed' by the algorithm—how social media is revealing queer identity ahead of self-disclosure

Social media algorithms are increasingly revealing users' sexual orientation or gender identity before they have consciously ...
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Social media’s next evolution: User-controlled algorithms

For years, social media giants controlled what users saw in their feeds. While people could follow accounts, like posts or hide content they didn’t enjoy, recommendation algorithms controlled what was ...

Labor eyes tougher laws to enforce social media ban for children

Australia will strengthen its social media ban for young people as a priority amid concerns the powers behind the world-first ...
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Social‑media feeds are detoxified by a redesigned algorithm

A large-scale experiment tested the impact of changing the Bluesky feed-ranking algorithm on political content and perceptions during the 2024 US presidential election. By making feeds more ...