TikTok Ordered to Change Algorithm Over 'Addictive Design,' or Face a Hefty Fine ...

European Union regulators say TikTok may be in violation of the Digital Services Act due to the risk it poses for addictive ...

Field-level analysis examines how ranking algorithms shape consumer trust, visibility, and competition in local service ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially ...

Scroll through social media long enough and a pattern emerges. Pause on a post questioning climate change or taking a hard ...

Vitalik Buterin explains why algorithmic stablecoins qualify as true DeFi while USDC yield products don't, citing risk transfer.

Logging onto Facebook in the mid-2000s or opening Instagram in its early days felt less like entering a casino and more like flipping through a scrapbook. Users saw posts in chronological order. If ...

Data-driven AI systems increasingly influence our choices, raising concerns about autonomy, fairness, and accountability. Achieving algorithmic autonomy requires new infrastructures, motivation ...

Irina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. The following is a lightly edited version of comments made as part ...

The Commission stated that TikTok has not adequately assessed the risks its features pose to users’ well-being. It also ...

In August 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking prohibiting covered entities, which include health care providers and health plans, from ...

In a provocative new campaign, the nonprofit organisation has debuted its fictional brand, Algorithm. Turning harmful online content into tangible pantry staples, the disconcerting food makeovers are ...