by Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]December 21, 2022 A ban on federal employees using TikTok on their government-issued phones is…
by Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida [This article was first published in The Conversation, republished with permission] Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, and his controversial statements and decisions as…
by Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Twitter’s decision to no longer enforce its COVID-19 misinformation policy, quietly posted on the…
by Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Before the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Philando Castile and Sandra Bland were…
by Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security…
by Erik Gordon, University of Michigan [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Elon Musk has finally completed his US$44 billion deal to acquire Twitter and take…
By Kai-Cheng Yang, Indiana University and Filippo Menczer, Indiana University Twitter reports that fewer than 5% of accounts are fakes or spammers, commonly referred to as “bots.” Since his offer…
Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If you’re an active social media user, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in posts recently…
By Jessica Maddox, University of Alabama [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On April 25, 2022, Twitter’s board of directors accepted Elon Musk’s US$44 billion hostile…
By Nolan Higdon, California State University, East Bay During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such…