One challenge is how little we know about the dangers.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them.

Mike Rothschild, the author of the new book “The Storm Is Upon Us,” is very concerned about QAnon’s “true believers.” The FBI agrees.

Children ages 8 to 12 in the US, the UK, and China were recently polled in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing.

In their quest to fend off newcomers like Blushmark and Shein, traditional retailers are reallocating investment to e-commerce.

When I worked at the social network, I saw how users in the Global South shared their accounts with shady middlemen. The practice erodes public trust and is corrupting civil discourse around the world.

Artificial intelligence ethics teams are playing a greater role at tech companies and helping them deal with bias and fairness issues that have cropped up at companies such as Twitter.

Fifteen percent of Americans agree with the key allegation of QAnon.

"Divination is like a shot in the arm when making decisions," said Wong Fung, 26, who turned to online fortunetellers after losing his job.

The social network expands punishments for misleading posts to individuals for the first time.

The future of social is multiplayer

The expression gives its wearer the distinct and distasteful appearance of having dropped an anvil on their foot while tripping on ibogaine

Chinese businessman with links to Steve Bannon is the "linchpin" of a sprawling disinformation network that pushes election and covid-19 falsehoods, researchers say

Advocacy group says social media companies’ efforts to stymie disinformation are stronger in the US.

Silicon Valley feels picked on by “woke” journalists “who can’t code.” Reporters feel picked on by petty zillionaires with anger-management problems.

Jokingly saying "live, laugh, love" is now out. Saying "gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss" is in. Where did it come from and what does it mean?

A startling new report finds far more young kids using platforms than we suspected — and they’re having sexual interactions with adults in huge numbers

The company pledged to eliminate ads for sites that charge hefty fees for otherwise free or inexpensive services—but they continue

Three years ago, the company began building "responsible AI." This is the story of how it failed.

Minors aren’t supposed to use Snap, Facebook, and YouTube — but they are, and experience abuse, harassment, and sexual solicitation

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking

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Social media companies and other organizations are looking out for themselves.