Platform governance is simultaneously a matter of public concern and a professional calling for Trust and Safety, the nascent field tasked with setting and enfo...

While extensions are masculine coded and deal with tools that extend what human beings already do, containers offer a different and more feminine concept of media: something that selects, stores, and

Influencing's third decade marks a gendered difference in digital entrepreneurship as the industry strays from its roots in fashion and style. As the industry transforms, will we remember a time when ...

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

As YouTube turns 20 years old, the platform's content has fundamentally altered the way we think and feel about each other, and ourselves.

As YouTube turns 20 years old, the platform's content has fundamentally altered the way we think and feel about each other, and ourselves.

A former employee at Meta filed a lawsuit against the company earlier this week. Kelly Stonelake alleges sex discrimination and harassment.

Scathing letter warns senators about danger her relative poses if elected as health secretary

Twitter officially shut down Vine Tuesday, replacing the service's app with a pared-down camera app.

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With the app set to shut down on Jan. 19, content creators risk losing a major source of income and community.

In the mold of other reading lists and bibliographies that have inspired us (see Digital Ethnography Collective Reading List, TikTok Researcher Network, and Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic), and given t...

With heavy censorship of bodies and LGBTQ+ topics, RedNote might not be everything TikTok refugees are seeking.

We're tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment cases of the past several decades.

Meta’s content moderation overhaul is likely to impact creators and amplify the harms they face as platform laborers

Professor Gina Neff's research on entrepreneurial labour and work identities is cited in a new article on how tech companies have recast social media labour as a form of monetisable leisure,

In a number of sweeping changes that will significantly alter the way that posts, videos and other content are moderated online, Meta will adjust its content review policies on Facebook and Instagram,...

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From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human?

Thanks to a new ruling, reality TV contestants could begin to earn money and get treated better by production companies.

Countless aspirants hope to join the creator economy-despite the risks. That's because platforms like Meta, Snap, and X keep peddling the "dream job" myth.

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The National Labor Relations Board’s case against the Netflix hit could have ripple effects across the reality TV industry.

The D.C. Court of Appeals made the expedited decision ahead of the TikTok ban’s looming Jan. 19 deadline, in a high-profile case pitting national security concerns against free speech.

Creators have few legal safeguards, especially when it comes to labor concerns. But change may be on the horizon.

This new primer shows that understanding how AI will affect work requires examining how work is organized, how industries are structured, and whose and what work is valued.

Special Issue: Platforms, Power, and Friction. Guest Editors: Pawel Popiel and Krishnan Vasudevan. Volume 27, Issue 10 of Information, Communication & Society

As trust in mainstream media fades, influencers are acting like the next generation’s news anchors. Two-thirds of them are men.

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Family vlogging can seem benign, even heartwarming. But kids can’t consent to appear in these videos − and, in most states, have no claim to any of the earnings.