<p>Australien hat letzten Dezember eine Altersbeschränkung für Social Media eingeführt, nun will Australien noch ein zusätzliches Social Media-Gesetz beschließen: User:innen sollen die Möglichkeit bekommen Algorithmen auszuschalten.</p>

The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.

Celebrating Queer History at QUT and in Queensland

People should have meaningful choices about the systems organising their attention.

In the first quarter of 2025, ADM+S researchers published over 70 outputs addressing local and global challenges in automated decision-making systems and AI.

The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago but is now in retreat — just as it’s needed more than ever. Ned Watt and Michelle Riedlinger report.

The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm the majority of adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.

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The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?

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Published in Journal of Multicultural Discourses (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Beyond interaction networks: Practice mapping as a step towards the detection of destructive polarization in social networks - Volume 14

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Whelan-Shamy, Dan (2026) Envisaging Simulation and its Limits: Large Language Models from Architecture to Interface to Ideology. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.

Meta's recent decision to flag correct information about an attack on Kyiv as false has raised questions about the fact-checking mechanisms used by social media companies.

Axel Bruns, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Laura Vodden, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology 10.25358/openscience-15825, PDF Modes of researcher access to digital trace data from social media and other digital platforms have undergone several…

Joe Rogan calls it a ‘gimmick’ but Donald Trump says it will be ‘great for America’. Welcome to the White House UFC event.

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This study investigates how Google’s AI Overviews (AIOs) – a major shift in the search engine landscape – are discursively framed by three key actors: Google, t...

Whipping its audience into a frenzied outrage with stories of societal decay and selling 'leftist tears' mugs, the Daily Wire is a story of trumped up success — and the fracturing of the American right.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) is a trusted global leader in SRH, connecting researchers, policymakers, and activists through evidence-based knowledge and advocacy for sexual and reprod...

If it feels harder to concentrate than it used to, it's not just you. Scientists say your brain is reacting exactly as it was designed to — but in a very different world.

Criminal charges against the Victoria Cross recipient now on remand has deeply divided a nation whose identity is often entwined with the exploits of young men on foreign fields

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Elon Musk’s social media platform is boosting conservative content – and it’s having long-lasting effects on how users see the world.

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