Social Media News Verified Users On Social Media Networks Drive Polarization And The Formation Of Echo Chambers, Study Finds

Verified users on social media networks drive polarization and the formation of echo chambers

When X (formerly Twitter) changed its verification system in 2022, many foresaw its potential to impact the spread of political opinions on the platform. In a modeling study publishing October 22 in ... Read More

AI Bots Were Made to Use a Stripped Down Social Network With No Curation Algorithms and They Still Formed Toxic Echo Chambers

Social media platforms have long been blamed for fueling polarization, disinformation, and toxic debates. The usual suspects are their algorithms, which are designed to keep people hooked by pushing ... Read More

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

It’s no secret that social media has devolved into a toxic cesspool of disinformation and hate speech. Without any meaningful pressure to come up with effective guardrails and enforceable policies, ... Read More

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

It’s no secret that much of social media has become profoundly dysfunctional. Rather than bringing us together into one utopian public square and fostering a healthy exchange of ideas, these platforms ... Read More

Study: How White Supremacists Use Social Media Networks to Aid and Abet Terror

Before carrying out mass shooting attacks in Pittsburgh and New Zealand, alleged white supremacist terrorists Robert Bowers and Brenton Tarrant frequented fringe social networking sites that, ... Read More

Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds

A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring concerns ... Read More