Social Media

Social Media

These profiles may seem real, but no — they are AI-generated bots. Photo: Meta

Meta’s AI bot takeover: A new era for social media

Meta’s logic is coldly pragmatic: People already buy followers and likes. Why would they reject free AI engagement? But if platforms become bot wastelands, the same users could flee to smaller, ...

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Misinformation leading cause of stress for youths on social media: UNICEF

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Pakistani government proposes sweeping controls on social media

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Pakistani government proposes sweeping controls on social media

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Leveraging social media: A catalyst for women entrepreneurship

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Social media and mental health: The double-edged sword of self-diagnosis

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Govt warns public servants against comments on social media

A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Instagram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Indonesia plans minimum age for social media use

Logos of Telegram and X.

Controlling social media: The case for X and Telegram

Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere

Spain says social media platforms such as Musk's X must be neutral, not interfere

Australia approved a social media ban for children aged under 16 in November last year. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s great social-media experiment

Catherine Thorbecke. Sketch: TBS

From TikTok to Nvidia, the tech war is getting uglier

Photo of Bangladesh elderly man having leftovers from 2023, not recent: Rumour Scanner 

Photo of Bangladesh elderly man having leftovers from 2023, not recent: Rumour Scanner