20 January 2021
Big tech firms have enabled the US’s current mess – the time has come for them to acknowledge that they are key to our political process and repair the things they have broken, writes Annalee Newitz
14 October 2020
Filler words such as uh, mmm and huh may seem inarticulate, but without them human communication would be far less sophisticated
16 September 2020
A harmful political conspiracy theory is now embracing science denial. Combating it is important, but it won't be easy, writes Graham Lawton
29 July 2020
A social media weather report that predicts outbreaks of propaganda is on its way. It can't arrive soon enough, says Annalee Newitz
1 July 2020
Unusual methods of online protest have sprung up recently, and it’s become harder to tell what’s real and what’s not, says Annalee Newitz
11 March 2020
Twitter used to be full of cat memes and had a culture of sharing. Now, I pay a company to make sure my presence on the site is extremely limited, writes Annalee Newitz
13 November 2019
Doctored videos are a menace, but we have more to fear from unscrupulous politicians taking advantage of Facebook's targeted ads, writes Annalee Newitz
31 October 2019
Highly targeted political adverts give politicians who use them an unfair advantage, says Twitter, so the social media firm is banning them on its platform
11 September 2019
After fake news and election manipulation scandals, Facebook promised to give researchers data on its political influence. They are still waiting, says Timothy Revell
22 August 2018
Ahead of the US mid-term elections in November, Facebook has taken down accounts linked with Russia and Iran for engaging in misleading political behaviour
