Paul Reilly, University of Glasgow Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening. A Sudanese asylum-seeker in his 30s, who entered the UK in 2023, has been charged with attempted murder. Meanwhile, the far-right was quick to exploit the situation to further an anti-immigration
EF Stock/Shutterstock Roger Fernandez-Urbano, Universitat de Barcelona; Maria Rubio-Cabañez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Pablo Gracia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona As social media becomes a central part of young people’s lives, concerns are growing about its impact on their mental health. Yet public debates and measures tend to treat adolescents as one homogeneous
Rob Nicholls, University of Sydney Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a jury in the United States has ruled. The Los Angeles jury took nearly nine days to reach its verdict in the landmark case brought by a woman known as KGM against social
Olivia Roth-Delgado, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses) and Thomas Bayeux, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses) Mixed anxiety-depressive disorders (MADD) and suicidal thoughts, online bullying, poorer self-esteem, alcohol, cannabis and psychoactive substance use… social networks exploit young people’s
Monument to Socrates and Confucius in Athens, Greece. Collection Maykova/Shutterstock Sara Kells, IE University In ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It was governed by deep-rooted social principles that ensured lively, inclusive, healthy debate. Today, our public squares have moved online
Tolu Olarewaju, Keele University and Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada, Kingston University Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than US$290 million in Nigeria. The fines were imposed by Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Nigerian Data Protection Commission and the Advertising Regulatory Council
Antoine Marie, École normale supérieure (ENS) – PSL Once upon a time, newly minted graduates dreamt of creating online social media that would bring people closer together. That dream is now all but a distant memory. In 2024, there aren’t many ills social networks don’t stand accused of: the platforms are singled out
ph. Tiktok is not the only social media app to pose the threats it’s been accused of. picture alliance via Getty Images Nir Eisikovits, UMass Boston The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency spending bill on
In the swiftly evolving domain of science elucidation, the digital epoch has heralded an array of avant-garde instruments and methodologies that have revolutionised the dissemination and assimilation of scientific lore. The inception of these novel technologies has not merely augmented the accessibility of scientific intelligence but has equally cultivated a more interactive and
In the contemporary epoch of digitisation, the conveyance of scientific discourse has vaulted beyond its erstwhile confines, discovering a dynamic and interactive arena within the realms of social media. These fora have risen to prominence in knitting together communities, kindling dialogues, and advancing the cause of scientific enlightenment amongst the populace. This exposition