“Algospeak” is a fascinating blend of etymology, psychology, cultural analysis and first-person perspective. The book acts as ...

NPR's Adrian Ma talks to Adam Aleksic about his new book, "Algospeak," which looks at how algorithms and online creators are affecting the way people speak offline.

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If we want to understand the relationship between social media and democracy, we need to understand how social media changed the meaning of the word “friend.” ...

Visitors stand near screens displaying the Meta logo in Berlin on June 6. Under a U.S. judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to ...

There isn’t even a shared definition of what social media is. It leaves parents, policymakers and other adults in teenagers’ lives without clear guidance on what to be worried about.