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A 2018 study claimed that the fake-news problem was a result of short attention spans and an overload of news — but the researchers say it's not that simple
In its effort to clamp down on fake news, Russian trolls and Nazis, the social media giant has also started banning innocent people, proving again it can’t be trusted to regulate itself
Researchers have successfully created the world's first "brain-to-brain" network — and they're hoping to bring it out of the labs and onto the Internet
The social media giant has swallowed up the free press, become an unstoppable private spying operation and undermined democracy. Is it too late to stop it?
Nirvana bassist and electoral-reform activist writes that citizen investors have the power to stop fake news on social media – even if Congress won't
Judge convicts 20-year-old for sending texts that encouraged her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to kill himself
We got stoned with the social media star and discovered it takes more than a talent with papers to make "smokable art"
Fewer teenagers are using drugs and alcohol than ever before, but extreme screen time usage may be their preferred vice
Steemit created 'magic internet money' – and has distributed $4 million to users since it launched last summer
From late-night hosts to up-and-coming writers to comedy legends, our look at the funniest people to follow
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