On social media platforms, algorithms are mainly designed to amplify information that sustains engagement, meaning they keep people clicking on content and coming back to the platforms.

How social media algorithms warp our perceptions A key question is what can be done to make algorithms foster accurate human social learning rather than exploit social learning biases.

The feedback loop between social media algorithms and innate human behavior means the platforms often amplify the information people are already biased to learn from. LOGIN SUBSCRIBE ...

Social media platforms have been implicated in conflicts of all scales, from urban gun violence to the storming of the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 and civil war in South Sudan.Scientifically, ...

Social media platforms have been implicated in conflicts of all scales, from urban gun violence to the storming of the US Capitol building on January 6 and civil war in South Sudan.Scientifically ...

The algorithm isn't against you—it's the users themselves who are not enjoying your content. I understand that this may not be what you want to hear, but it is good news.

Researcher Aviv Ovadya views social media algorithms as fueling extremism around the world, and he has an idea to fix that — not by getting rid of the algorithms but by changing how they work.

Social media algorithms amplify extreme political views. Functional misalignment can also lead to greater spread of misinformation. A recent study suggests that people who are spreading political ...