Social data refers to publicly shared information on social media platforms. Discover how it's used for marketing, its advantages, and the risks associated with data breaches.

When it comes to digital media and social media, fam—teens and adults are sometimes lowkey on different wavelengths. And while it might just seem kind of cringe, it's actually big yikes. Because when ...

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Australia's eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, today outlined an updated list of platforms that may fall under the social media age restrictions that will take effect later this year. Subscribe ...

The constant use of social media. Designed to keep the user's attention, social media apps deliver content computed to be the type people want to see as well as ads that might be appealing. See social ...

The facts are well-known at this point (Haidt, 2024): Beginning around 2010, large numbers of American teens bought smartphones and opened social media accounts. Since 2010, rates of anxiety, ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for Information Science and Technology.