Selected Articles

Anti-Trust Day - Official Site 281171
Season 2: A Crisis Not to Waste - Independent 315834
Season 3: The Metaverse of Madness - Independent 315831
Influencers - Distractify 504010
Social media is corrupting young minds – but a ban is not the answer - Guardian 12.01.26 504495
What to Know About Australia’s Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16 - TIME 10.12.25 501138
Rage bait: the psychology behind social media’s angriest posts - Conversation 09.12.25 501536
Evidence based medicine in the age of influence - BMJ 04.12.25 504903
Health information in age of social media and influence - BMJ 03.12.25 504906
Responding to public health challenges of medical advice from social media influencers - BMJ 03.12.25 504905
The social media influencers your patients are turning to before they get to your clinic - BMJ 03.12.25 504907
Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms During Early Adolescence - Jaman Network 05.08.25 485854
“Can’t Look Away”: New Documentary on Online Safety Examines the Dark Side of Social Media - DN! 04.04.25 473500
Video: Australia passes legislation banning under-16s from social media - Al Jazeera 28.11.24 443887
Social Media Giants Make Billions Advertising to US Kids - CD 27.12.23 439050
When Product Markets Become Collective Traps: The Case of Social Media - NBER 11/23 407592
We need to rethink social media before it's too late. We've accepted a Faustian bargain - Guardian 27.09.20 (Important) 218316
AndreasGatestu - Twitter 330641
Bluesky adds 1 million users after US election as users ditch X - Al Jazeera 14.11.24 443386
Fairplay welcomes FTC report finding social media, video streamers failed to protect kids and teens - CD 19.09.24 439051
The EU Should Be Careful How It Takes On Big Tech - Bloomberg 15.07.24 429896
Influencer Culture Needs To End - Science Survey 14.05.24 442710
Google blocking links to California news outlets from search results - Guardian 12.04.24 416263
How positive male role models are detoxifying the social media ‘manosphere’ - Guardian 02.03.24 400753
De-influencers Ring the Alarm on the Environmental Impacts of Overconsumption - NPR 25.02.24 442712
Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ - Guardian 06.02.24 398359
Influencers and Overconsumption - Pittsburgh Earth Day 23.01.24 442709
Video: What Happens Next?: Does Influencer Culture Have a Dark Side? - Monash University 06.10.23 442697
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power - Guardian 06.09.23 375887
Why your favourite brand may be taking a social media break - BBC 12.07.23 359130
Life on Social Media Platforms, in Users’ Own Words - Pew Research Center 07.06.23 363562
'Age of Influence': New Hulu docuseries explores dark side of social media influencers - ABC 05.06.23 442708
The dark side of the influencer industry - NPR 27.04.23 442698
Big Tech Companies Are Becoming More Powerful Than Nation-States - CD 25.04.23 342546
Influencers promote destroying our planet with overconsumption - Suffolk Journal 18.04.23 442711
Facebook and Instagram to get paid verification as Twitter charges for two-factor SMS authentication - Guardian 20.02.23 331481
First steps towards a more climate-friendly streaming - Sonnenseite 14.02.23 331324
‘Urgent need’ for more accountability from social media giants to curb hate speech - UN News 06.01.23 323799
Morocco’s UM6P Hosts Metaverse Day to Promote Next-Generation Technology - Morroco Gazette 15.12.22 319701
Online safety: what young people really think about social media, big tech regulation and adults ‘overreacting’ - Conversation 08.12.22 319612
What is behind the big tech companies' job cuts? - BBC 16.11.22 315888
Video: The (Not So) Great Reset - Independent Institute YouTube 27.10.22 376918
“The real meaning of Web3 is all about community”, says DayAway’s Waslen - WIT 19.10.22 315824
TechScape: Tumblr and why ‘the porn-friendly era of the internet is over’ - Guardian 12.10.22 324000
Is Influencer culture bad for the planet? - BBC 08.08.22 442713
Dr. FAANG and the metaverse of madness - Light Reading 23.06.22 315827
The Big Tech Antitrust Battle Is A Fight For Democracy - Common Dreams 17.06.22 291762
The Metaverse of Madness - Boot Camp 08.06.22 315829
EU Enacts Landmark Social Media Law to End Self-Regulation by Big Tech - Common Dreams 23.04.22 283916
Zuckerberg has too much social media power, says wannabe Twitter boss Musk - Guardian 15.04.22 282569
Antitrust Day of Action Takes Aim at Power of Tech Giants - CD 04.04.22 281174
EU targets Big Tech with sweeping new antitrust legislation - The Verge 24.03.22 281172
Hustle and hype: the truth about the influencer economy - Guardian 24.02.22 442694
The Metaverse Is Coming; We May Already Be in It - Scientific American 22.02.22 274228
Big brands are jumping into the metaverse – will their bet pay off? - Guardian 20.02.22 274227
How Social Media Stole Your Ability to Focus - DDN 18.02.22 297012
I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it - Guardian 25.01.22 274229
Instagram Activism Can Be an Entry Point to Real-World Engagement - Teen Vogue 13.12.21 351308
The case against Big Tech - VOX 08.12.21 281173
Revealed: the software that studies your Facebook friends to predict who may commit a crime - Guardian 17.11.21 263820
Cutting Deals with Big Tech Won't Save Journalism - CD 22.02.21 271926
Welcome, Facebook and Twitter. Seriously. - Substack 04.02.21 304560
Goodbye Facebook, Google/YouTube and Twitter - Transnational 25.01.21 252649
Insurrection, Pandemic, and Censorship - CD 14.01.21 232100
Kicking Trump Off Social Media Won't Save Democracy, Say Antitrust Experts - CD 13.01.21 232101
Twitter's Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide - CD 12.01.21 232099
Is Big Tech Too Powerful? Chris Hedges & Ramesh Srinivasan Debate Twitter & Facebook Banning Trump - Democracy Now 11.01.21 231632
The ‘Fake Wealth’ Industry Making Influencers Look Rich - Vice 17.12.20 442696
Artificial Intelligence and the Cultural Problem of Online Extreme Speech - items 15.12.20 232730
WhatsApp launches factcheck feature aimed at viral messages - Guardian 04.08.20 213365
As Big Tech CEOs Face Historic Anti-Trust Hearing, New 'Merger Tracker' Reveals Outsized Power of Silicon Valley Titans - CD 29.07.20 213622
US government censorship? Social Media Giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists - GrayZone 30.01.20 197892
Under US pressure social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian and Syrian accounts - Gray Zone 12.01.20 197041
Social Media and Social Control: How Silicon Valley Serves the US State Department - Alt World 29.12.19 194753
Our brains are no match for our technology - NY Times 05.12.19 221458
New WhatsApp security concern: India cyber cell advises update - BBC 11/19 191551
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet - Guardian 30.07.19 196741
24 Cognitive Biases That Are Warping Your Perception of Reality - Visual Capitalist 12.18 232034
Video: How to Stop Technology from Destabilizing the World - Salesforce 25.09.18 221524
We need European regulation of Facebook and Google - Open Democracy 12.12.16 488984
6 top scoring encrypted messaging apps you should try if you're worried about privacy - DW 4/16 106275
Kony2012: The rise of online campaigning - BBC 3/12 106276
Long Live the Web ! - Tim Berners-Lee 11/10 106277
Will Facebook Remake the World? - FPIF 3/10 106278
The benefits of a network - NYT 12/08 106279
Facebook Alternatives: Other Secure Social Networks You Could Switch To - Huff Post 7/10 106282
Facebook takes down chat after security flaw is exposed - Telegraph 5/10 106283
Facebook and Twitter dominate online communities map - Telegraph 10/10 106284
Tweet Preservation 4/10 106286
Facebook Connect Now Live 12/08 106280
Facebook Connect goes live to one and all 12/08 106281
Rules of Social Media Engagement - Care2 10/10 106285
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