Americans’ Social Media Use 2025 – Pew Research
Even as debates continue about the role of social media in our country, including on censorship and its impact on… read more
Little videos are cooking our brains – Vox
This wouldn’t be such a concern if you wanted to seek out awful AI-generated videos. Instead, the slop finds you… read more
YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing through every single video I watch?” – Ars Technica
“To a lot of people, this feels like mass surveillance and censorship under the banner of ‘protecting kids,’” Gerfdas told… read more
YouTube will begin using AI for age verification next week – Mashable
The AI interprets a “variety of signals” to determine a user’s age, including “the types of videos a user is… read more
How to reset the YouTube algorithm – Popular Science
To get started, head to myactivity.google.com. From here you can delete everything you’ve done on Google products—things you’ve searched for,… read more
How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content – ArsTechnica
It’s not hard to find YouTubers complaining about a flood of these faceless channels stealing their embedded transcript files and… read more
A Look Behind the Screens – Federal Trade Commission
Today, the Commission is approving the release of a groundbreaking report that sheds light on how these powerful Companies have… read more
Social media companies engaged in ‘vast surveillance,’ FTC finds, calling status quo ‘unacceptable’ – NBC News
Popular social media platforms and video streaming services pose serious risks to user privacy, with children and teenagers most at… read more
Indigenous creators are clashing with YouTube’s and Instagram’s sensitive content bans – Rest of World
Such takedowns have become par for the course for Brazilian Indigenous content creators like Kalapalo who have taken to social… read more
All Internet Roads Lead Back to 2014 – The Ringer
Looking back now, when our feeds are a perpetual washing machine of sponcon, paid partnerships, and videos hashtagged #ad, the… read more