Deputy minister in the Presidency stressed that government efforts to address misinformation were not aimed at restricting free expression.

Pedro Sánchez presented HODIO, a system to analyse how hate speech is spread on social networks and to evaluate the impact of algorithms on digital polarisation.

Video. Pedro Sánchez presented HODIO, a system to analyse how hate speech is spread on social networks and to evaluate the impact of algorithms on digital polarisation.

TikTok has quietly become one of the most powerful platforms shaping conversations, music, fashion, and even shopping habits in Nigeria. A song can move from obscurity to every speaker at an ‘Owambe’ ...

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However, research and reporting during that same period have focused primarily on the political consequences of increasing ...

Professor Nagla Rizk unpacks the principles of feminist AI and the importance of inclusion in technology and data application. Can data be sexist? Does artificial intelligence have the ability to ...

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Feed algorithms are not politically neutral. According to a recent study published in the journal Nature, using the ...

A push to rein in youth social media — renewed in part by recent high-profile online exploitation cases — culminated on the last day of Indiana’s legislative session after the lawmakers in both ...

We did the maths to prove social algorithms can be addictive. Like cigarettes or carbon, a tax on algorithms could be the key to breaking the digital arms race.

W self-describes as "a social network where people come before algorithms, and where free speech and privacy are real," but users aren't impressed. A Swedish firm launched a new social network called ...