Facebook has allowed page owners to buy ads since 2009, and announced changes to its algorithm that resulted in decreased visibility in 2012. Until recently, however, Facebook was seen as an ...

Do social media echo chambers deepen political polarization, or simply reflect existing social divisions? A landmark research project that investigated Facebook around the 2020 US presidential ...

3. How does Facebook use algorithms? Facebook’s business model is centered on selling ads to be viewed by users.

Facebook's new algorithm change announcement should make media companies wake up to the fact that Facebook and other social platforms are not going to be the saving grace of the media industry ...

Facebook is updating its news feed algorithm to prioritize the ranking of original news reporting.

No, you can't bypass the Facebook algorithm by copying and pasting a post. Not then, not now. It's just not how things work.

What does Facebook’s computer code do with the data we give it – and what could it do in the future? There is a place on the internet where almost two billion of us regularly go – many of us ...

But “the algorithm” does not exist. And widespread use of the phrase implies a false hope that we can fully understand our dizzying information system.

What does teen anorexia have to do with the crumbling of 21st century democracy? It’s the algorithm, stupid. On its surface, helping young girls feel better about their bodies doesn’t seem to ...