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Location-based social networks, such as Twitter, can provide critical insight and information for disaster response, according to new research by University of Alberta scientists.
May 03, 2019
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Social media platforms now cope with a sobered-up user base. Users are aware the platforms can render them lab rats for marketeers. They are also in a sobered-up world, hearing out critics who suggest excessive use is replacing ...
Feb 02, 2019 weblog
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A new study shows that privacy on social media is like second-hand smoke. It's controlled by the people around you.
Jan 21, 2019
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Over the past few years, journalists and politicians have often highlighted the presence of state-sponsored online trolls with the mission of swaying public opinion on particular issues. Researchers at Cyprus University of ...
Nov 23, 2018 feature
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Researchers at Northwestern University, McGill University, and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur have recently developed a character level convolutional neural network (CNN) model that could help to detect abusive ...
Oct 03, 2018 feature
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Researchers at the University of Twente and CNRS have recently carried out a study that explores the relationship between users' opinions and the personalized recommendations they receive online. In their paper, which was ...
Sep 25, 2018 feature
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Ideally, debates are like fuel for the engine of democracy. But in their current form on social media, are they really getting us anywhere?
Jun 19, 2018
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Harassment has become ubiquitous on social media and in the online world- Twitter has been under fire for how it handles harassment, YouTube's trending algorithm has occasionally promoted offensive videos, and reporting abuse ...
Apr 05, 2018
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I was fortunate enough to catch a preview screening of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ernest Cline's futuristic novel. It blew me away. What really caught my attention wasn't just the awesome references ...
Mar 23, 2018
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The internet is full of dark places. There are websites where people gather to share illegal images, buy illicit drugs and air offensive opinions that wouldn't be tolerated on most mainstream sites. But just as the memes ...
Nov 09, 2016
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