This article originally appeared on Media Matters. Immediately after Facebook announced in January 2018 that it was rolling out changes in the algorithm used to arrange posts in users’ news feeds, ...

It’s like a doping test for memes. An algorithm can detect when a Twitter hashtag or meme has received more attention than expected. This can show it got an artificial boost from corporate advertising ...

Facebook has stated that it intends to downrank low quality pages and memes as part of its new news feed algorithm. The new changes will see original content favoured over those who simply reshare the ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- From biochemical reactions that produce cancers, to the latest memes virally spreading across social media, simple actions can generate complex behaviors. For researchers ...

TikTok has deleted a collection of videos found by the BBC to be using a "sickening" anti-Semitic song that gained more than 6.5 million views. The song surfaced on the app on Sunday and includes the ...