Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to ...

Social media algorithms are increasingly revealing users' sexual orientation or gender identity before they have consciously ...

The Massachusetts Senate is set to debate a bill that would require social media platforms to adopt default settings for ...

What if the greatest threat facing children online isn’t a single viral challenge, but an algorithm that learns their fears, insecurities and struggles and then feeds them more of the same? That is ...

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...

Emily is a thought leader in Digital Journal’s Insight Forum (become a member). Social media can make or break a brand. From the potential to go viral and increase brand awareness to the ability to ...

Discover how social media algorithms use your digital footprints to predict your interests and personalize your online ...

A generation growing up with algorithmic feeds is not suffering “brain damage,” but their attention, emotions and habits are being shaped in powerful ways. For many families, the first smartphone or ...

Platform algorithms are increasingly optimised to maximise content consumption rather than conversations between brands and ...

The focus should be on sensible legislation that requires companies to make their products safer and more age-appropriate ...