Moderate nudity is in vogue on the social media platform. Some users seek to show off a sculpted physique, others to revindicate a non-normative silhouette. All are reaping passionate response and many, many likes
Washington D.C. monopoly ruling marks a shift towards stricter regulation of technology giants in the United States and the European Union over their aggressive practices across markets
Keir Starmer’s government demands responsibility from social media platforms after the riots sparked by the deaths of three young girls and has criticised Elon Musk, who permits disinformation on X
A study concludes that they are carried out mostly by older men, that more bots participate than real users, and the results are more biased before than after elections
According to the prestigious institution, the works of established artists such as Egon Schiele and Christian Schad have been blocked by Instagram and Facebook
The story of a woman taken out of context years later to criticize feminism has gone viral following a chain of events that highlights the complexity of misinformation
A study has revealed that links without context go viral on social networks with the help of malicious actors, elevating the risk of misinformation
It’s a crime whose rates are on the rise around the world, including in Spain, which registered 4,460 reports last year alone. Director Patricia Franquesa, who fell victim to the phenomenon, is turning her experience into a documentary
The largest study ever carried out on social media deactivation has found that disconnecting lowers users political participation and also their propensity to believe misinformation
The owner of Meta, with a fortune of $177 billion, is very different today from the Harvard nerd who founded the social media company 20 years ago
The author of ‘Filterworld’ talks to EL PAÍS about algorithmic anxiety, the difference between content and art, and why culture requires effort
Documents released as part of a lawsuit against Meta illustrate how the company would have used a cyberespionage scheme to track its rival’s users
The renowned social psychologist’s new book ‘The Anxious Generation’ is topping US sales charts. The NYU professor believes that people are fed up with social media and are looking for a way out
A new law aims to force ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the platform, to sell the app under the threat of closure. It is a step with precedents in other countries that opens up multiple concerns and scenarios
The Facebook founder’s changes of look are a serious distraction. While we talk about his beard, we’re not addressing anything else
In her latest book, the ‘New York Times’ reporter explores the challenges posed by a technology that even Google and Facebook decided not to use
The network’s algorithm is promoting outlandish AI-generated images whose virality helps to scam users
The threat of misinformation and the spread of fake news is now common in all elections, at least since the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The danger has increased considerably with generative artificial intelligence
The Kyiv parliament has tabled a bill to pass an unpopular law proposal as over 70% of its citizens use the application as a source of information
Boomers connected with their lost friends on Facebook. Millennials did it themselves through an Instagram filter. But one generation dominates the networks: Gen Z
The Russian entrepreneur exiled in Dubai is preparing the IPO of his controversial messaging service after rejecting purchase offers valued at $30 billion
The Dutch physicist believes that banning ChatGPT in class is ‘the most stupid thing you can do’
A study published in ‘Nature’ analyzes 500 million messages over three decades to better understand bad manners on the internet
For years, it has been possible to play content at twice the speed to save time. But neurologists warn this can negatively affect memory, especially in the developmental stages of the brain
The court ruled in two cases that are similar to a case involving Trump and his decision to block critics from his personal account on Twitter, now known as X. The justices dismissed the case after the former president left office in January 2021
As president, Trump attempted to ban TikTok through an executive order that called ‘the spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China’ a threat to ‘the national security’
‘Are We Dating The Same Guy?’ Facebook groups have caught on around the world. They were born from a mission to warn other women about men who behave dishonestly on social media, but a defamation lawsuit has revealed their challenges
