social media
PulseAugur coverage of social media — every cluster mentioning social media across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
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Social media's core function is increasingly seen as user data harvesting for manipulation and engagement optimization.
Recent evidence highlights that social media platforms harvest user behavior for training data to manipulate users and optimize engagement, often through outrage-inducing content. This framing suggests a fundamental shift in how social media's business model and impact are perceived, moving beyond simple connection to active, data-driven influence.
Social media's algorithmic amplification of outrage may contribute to biased media coverage.
While one cluster notes US media bias against Palestinians, another details how social media algorithms optimize for outrage to maximize engagement. It's plausible that the amplification of emotionally charged and potentially biased content on social media platforms influences and exacerbates existing biases in broader media coverage.
Social media platforms may face increased regulatory scrutiny in Canada and Indonesia regarding minors' access.
Manitoba is considering a ban on social media and AI for those under 16, and Indonesia is extending its under-16 ban to e-commerce. This suggests a growing trend of governments attempting to regulate minors' exposure to digital platforms, potentially leading to similar legislative efforts in other jurisdictions.
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New dataset annotates social perception dimensions of warmth and competence in text
Researchers have introduced W&C-Sent, a new dataset designed to annotate warmth and competence at the sentence level. This dataset contains over 1,600 English sentence-target pairs derived from social media posts. The a…
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Surveys explore AI in mental health and agriculture, clarify AI vs ML vs DL
Two recent surveys explore the application of AI and deep learning in distinct fields. One paper focuses on explainable AI for detecting mental disorders through social media, emphasizing the need for transparency in he…
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Manitoba proposes ban on youth social media and AI use, with hefty fines
Manitoba's premier, Wab Kinew, has announced plans to ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, a move that could be a first for Canada. The proposed legislation aims to protect young people from the negative i…