Social media algorithms are complex sets of rules and calculations used by social media platforms to prioritize content in users’ feeds. They are like the invisible puppeteers behind the scenes ...

However, the rise has also prompted a wave of social media content recommending (directly or through personal 'transformations') GLP-1 RAs for cosmetic weight loss.

You might be familiar with the terms "seggs" and "unalive" if you've spent time on social media platforms, like TikTok and ...

Many social media algorithms analyze what you spend time on — whether you’re liking a post, angrily commenting, or just watching a video play through — and keep sending you similar content.

The Pew Research Center survey found 48% of teens see social media as mostly negative for their peers. That’s up from 32% a few years ago. But just 14% of teens see the same downside of social ...

At the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media, my colleagues and I study influence campaigns and design technical solutions—algorithms— to detect and counter them.

At the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media, my colleagues and I study influence campaigns and design technical solutions—algorithms— to detect and counter them. State-of-the-art ...

But as social media algorithms and culture evolved, that work “started to feel less valuable,” Fay said. By 2021, fewer people were engaging with the company’s social accounts.

Social media algorithms are driving GLP-1 drugs boom GLP-1 drugs are being recommended on social media, raising questions about who can see the content and what the effects might be.