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New SciAm: Open the social media black box
From our new piece in Scientific American: Social media platforms are where billions of people around the world go to connect with others, get information and make sense of the world. These companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok and Reddit, collect vast amounts of data based on every interaction that takes place on their platforms.
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FiveThirtyEight podcast interview
We discuss the latest Bright Line Watch report:
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CBS Sunday Morning interview
Democratic lawmakers were scrambling this week to salvage support for President Joe Biden's social and environmental agenda. @jdickerson discusses the drama of the majority-party's political showdown. https://t.co/B22fJVvqwJ pic.twitter.com/ul9RZKd4ft — CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 (@CBSSunday) October 3, 2021
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New On the Media: The Green Lantern theory
From my new interview with On the Media: Last weekend, the Biden administration began rolling out the American Rescue Plan: the $1.9 trillion act that has been lauded as “the most significant piece of legislation passed for working families in many, many decades.” It includes major assistance for families, businesses, and community organizations struggling in
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New WaPo: Who watches extremist videos on YouTube?
From my new piece in The Washington Post: YouTube is overshadowed by Facebook and Twitter in the debate over the harms of social media, but the site has massive reach — 3 in 4 Americans report using it. This growth has been driven by YouTube’s use of algorithms to recommend more videos to watch, a
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New ADL report on extremist content exposure
From our new report: How harmful is YouTube? Critics worry that it plays an outsized role among technology platforms in exposing people to hateful or extreme ideas, while the platform claims to have substantially reduced the reach of what it calls “borderline content and harmful misinformation.”1 However, little is publicly known about who watches potentially
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New podcast: How much did Trump hurt democracy?
New podcast from the Niskanen Center: Will Trump do lasting damage to American democratic institutions? He has repeatedly broken norms during his presidency and tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. How much is the U.S. undergoing democratic backsliding and what did his presidency reveal about the strength and limits of our institutions?