OpenAI has been secretly experimenting with an X, formerly Twitter, styled social network, after Sam Altman joked about doing ...

Other key aspects of ethical social media design are choice and transparency. Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram all feature algorithmic timelines, which use machine learning to decide what posts ...

Policymakers are focusing on restricting teens’ access to social media, but this approach risks cutting them off from its benefits. Making the platforms safer offers an alternative path.

X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

Between them, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram ... and it’s difficult for researchers to design perfectly controlled studies to tease out its exact role.

On Sez Us, users who are intentionally inflammatory may score lower than those who gain influence through respectful dialog.