It is nighttime in Paris. We are more than a year into Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, and tonight, her fans are once again trying to figure out what her clothes mean. The star is in a glittering yellow-and ...

"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's recommendation ...

For over 20 years, my organization has been involved with both researching and collaborating with technology companies, social media platforms and government agencies to understand, map and predict ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credit: Wikimedia Algorithmic radicalization turned Tyler Robinson from curious student into Charlie Kirk's killer. Tyler ...

A team of researchers at universities in the U.S., Switzerland, and Brazil found that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm is likely to share racist right-wing channels. The work is detailed in ...

A new study conducted by the Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab) at the University of Pennsylvania sheds light on a pressing question: Does YouTube's algorithm radicalize young Americans?

A screenshot from the YouTube Audit demo site shows the difference between recommended videos for left-leaning, center and right-learning users. Photo courtesy of Muhammad Haroon. A new study from UC ...

Social media platforms have transformed how individuals engage in political and ideological discourse. They offer unprecedented reach for both mainstream and fringe actors, enabling rapid ...

Social media's role in radicalizing extremists has drastically increased over the last several years. Some far-right TikTokers employ a meme-like format in their content to dodge content moderation.