More: Social Media
Australia Launches ‘For the Good Of’ Campaign Ahead of Teen Social Media Ban
Australia has rolled out a A$14 million (US$9.05 million) nationwide ad campaign to promote its world-first social media ban for teenagers, set to take...
Google Warns Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Hard to Enforce, Won’t Make Kids Safer
Alphabet-owned Google has warned that Australia’s new law banning anyone under 16 from using social media will be “extremely difficult” to enforce and unlikely...
Top 3 Social Media Automation Tools
From creating social media campaigns or posts to handling comments - managing social media is not easy.
It involves a lot of time-consuming tasks that...
Digital Authoritarianism Goes Global: Lessons from Iran’s Communication Crackdown
In mid-2025, Iranian diaspora communities calling home were met not with the voices of loved ones but with robotic interruptions, prerecorded warnings, and abrupt...
AI at the Core of YouTube’s Strategy as It Leads U.S. Media Industry
YouTube has transformed significantly since its inception 20 years ago, now attracting 2.7 billion users, including prominent celebrities like Dua Lipa who produce high-quality...
Abuse of Social Media Platforms by Terrorists
Social media has opened up many new platforms in communication, entertainment, and knowledge. Unfortunately, it has also given radicals the means to target, connect,...
Under the influence: how digital media affects teens
EU-funded researchers are shedding light on how digital media use is impacting teenagers and what parents, teachers and policymakers can do about it.
By Michaela...
Bastardization of Art: AI Colonialism in a Form of Ghiblification
Recently, in late March 2025, social media platforms are being bombarded with tons of animated pictures that are created with OpenAI's image generator, powered...
Dead Bodies Don’t Trend: The Invisible Wars of Congo and Sudan
Authors: Nkosana Sithole kaMiya and Nkosazana Sisi Qavane
In a world increasingly shaped by the flickering images of social media, the pain of others has...
The Subtle Art of Modern Propaganda
The truth no longer arrives in black and white. It scrolls, streams, and trends. The battlefield has shifted. Not with soldiers on the ground...