Social media feeds: Algorithm redesign could break echo chambers and reduce online polarization

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
Psychology Today

Navigating the Impacts of AI-Driven Social Media Algorithms

Social media algorithms driven by AI shape far more than what appears on our screens, including how we think, feel, and ...

Washington weighs new limits on social media algorithms, notifications after teen's overdose

In Olympia, Aaron Ping turns grief into activism, supporting legislative efforts to safeguard minors from addictive social ...
Opinion
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How social media algorithms are keeping seniors isolated

Social media algorithms keep seniors scrolling through outrage instead of family updates, increasing isolation despite promises of digital connection.

Yann Poncin, child psychiatrist, on how social media algorithms cause addiction: “that novelty is what keeps you there”

Social media algorithms are designed to keep you scrolling endlessly sapping attention but one artist’s TikTok videos are ...
The American Spectator

Suing Social Media Won’t Save the Children — But It Could Silence Everyone

Logging onto Facebook in the mid-2000s or opening Instagram in its early days felt less like entering a casino and more like flipping through a scrapbook. Users saw posts in chronological order. If ...