GreenEarth is an open, controllable feed algorithm that is scientifically tested to reduce polarization

Foundations of Internet Speech Platform Regulation Schedule and assignments I experimented this term with allowing students to choose topics for five “deeper dive” sessions later in the class, out ...

We're building advanced open source algorithms for social media

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

Ideologically homogeneous online environments - often described as "echo chambers" or "filter bubbles" - are widely seen as drivers of polarization, radicalization, and misinformation. A central debat...

In a new paper, digital activist Audrey Tang and others emphasize the need for context and community over clicks.

Richard Reisman and Richard Whitt write that interoperability will enable agential relationships that serve individuals and communities faithfully.

Thank you for your interest in attending the LLMs & Public Discourse Convening in Berkeley, CA on Feb 27-28, 2025. The event is by invitation, but we have several seats open for technologists, rese...

Human discourse is a social process, writes Richard Reisman, that depends on three pillars: agency, mediation, and reputation.

There are opportunities for regulators to dive deeper into less-emphasized areas for intervention.

Luke Thorburn, Jonathan Stray, Priyanjana Bengani sketch what a regulatory framework for allowing platform experimentation could look like.

We must be able to create a more civic-minded internet, with tools that would empower users to better control what they see.