How YouTube Has Become Fertile Ground for the Spread of Hate
In recent months, YouTube has emerged as something of a flourishing option for white supremacist and neo-Nazi videos—spreading ideas cited by the alleged New Zealand mosque gunman.
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Growing Up on Social Media, We Learned About Ourselves. Facebook Learned More.
A Facebook event planned seven years in advance became observational comedy about the weird geography of a world built by Palo Alto coders.
A Video-Sharing App Collected Sensitive Data From Millions of Children Under 13
The Federal Trade Commission has fined the video-sharing social media app TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting data of children under 13, a record-setting amount for a child privacy violation.
We’re Hiring an Assistant Editor for Social Media and Engagement
This new hire will oversee our social media outreach and help build a deeper relationship with our audience.
Can Pinterest Stop the Anti-Vaccine Movement?
Pinterest has taken a more extreme approach to banning anti-vaccine content than Facebook. Here's how that could help.
We’re Accepting Applications for the 2019–2020 Pacific Standard Audience & Engagement Fellowship Class
We're currently looking for two fellows, one focused on visuals and one focused on social media and engagement, to join us for a one-year program starting in July.
How Facebook Helped the Anti-Vaxxer Movement Go Viral
New reports have implicated Facebook and other social media platforms for their role in the spread of anti-vaccine propaganda.
Does Naming the Shooter in the Media Lead to More Mass Violence?
Research shows media reporting on mass shootings might incentivize further mass shootings. But it's unclear whether removing the shooter's name from coverage will change that.
People Who Quit Facebook Are Less Anxious
A new study finds those who deactivate Facebook are happier than those who don't. But there are reasons to believe this might not be true of the elderly.
Late-Night Tweeting Degrades Your Performance the Next Day
A new study of NBA players documents the cost of sleep deprivation.