AUSTIN, TEXAS -- I just left my first session at SXSW Interactive here, titled “Trust Me, I’m an Algorithm.” Intriguing? It should be, and honestly, even with my career in data sciences aside, I think ...

“Sociable” is the latest commentary on important social media developments and trends from industry expert Andrew Hutchinson of Social Media Today. With the U.S. government pushing to effectively ...

An LMU study reveals how Facebook and Instagram deliver political advertising. The algorithms seem to favor the contents of certain parties. In the run-up to polling day, election campaigns go into ...

A new study suggests that TikTok’s algorithm may be giving preferential treatment to content supporting Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race, while potentially suppressing videos that favor ...

About a quarter of Americans get their news on YouTube. With its billions of users and hours upon hours of content, YouTube is one the largest online media platforms in the world. In recent years, ...

We live in the age of algorithmic everything: Amazon suggests products I should buy based on those I’ve already purchased, Netflix tells me what to watch next, Apple Music named a whole radio station ...

TikTok is allegedly putting its thumb on the scale to help far-left New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani win the New York City mayoralty, a new report claims. The Chinese-owned app’s algorithm is ...