Join us for the Social Media Lab’s 2025 Computational Social Science (CSS) Summer School. Explore cutting-edge digital methods in this hands-on workshop series. No coding required — we’ll be using @Communalytic.org, a platform for analyzing social media discourse. socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/28/2...

Researchers, are you looking for a way to spot duplicates posts shared by spammers, bots and other bad actors? Our new @communalytic.org's Topic Analyzer module can help. socialmedialab.ca/2024/11/19/i...

If you're doing research on online civility or lack thereof, get to know the Civility Analyzer module in @communalytic.org. It can automatically identify toxic, insulting, & threatening posts or posts showing compassion, curiosity, & respect in any text-based dataset. Communalytic.org

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Civility Analyzer module in @Communalytic.org. The module offers researchers an accessible, data-driven approach to studying both prosocial and harmful behaviours across various social media platforms. socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/17/c...

Meta is now removing content related to abortion. Last week, it was LGBTQ+ content. When we say porn is the canary in the coal mine of free speech, it's not because we're narcissists. It's gd warning about what's coming ... for you.

All speech that is politically disfavored is at risk.

Finland is often regarded as a prime example of how to effectively counter disinformation. The country’s proactive approach, which includes education, media literacy, and coordinated government strategies, has set a benchmark for tackling this global challenge.

Given the waves of alarming changes emerging from Meta, it's clear that the myth of tech being inherently liberal needs to be retired. Tech owners, like sunflowers, always turn toward power.

Follow through here is key. This situation mirrors the phenomenon where individuals declare their intention to move to Canada following a U.S. election outcome they find unfavorable.

If you are so inclined, here's "How to delete your Facebook account and take your data with you. Meta has buried account deletion and deactivation within your Facebook settings, but we found them." www.popsci.com/diy/how-to-d...

Hello @safety.bsky.app, here's a new pro-Russian disinfo bot network on Bluesky, which we're dubbing "Curiosity". It comprises over 300 accounts with identical bio text: "Driven by curiosity and a passion for exploring new ideas and technologies."
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Introducing the New Topic Analyzer in @communalytic.org, our computational social science research tool for studying online communities and public discourse on social media. It uses sentence-transformer models to turn social media posts into vector embeddings. socialmedialab.ca/2024/11/19/i...

Dec. 6 is fast approaching. That's the date when the U.S. Crt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is set to issue its ruling re: the #TikTokban.

But that'll be just round 1. The losing party is expected to appeal to #SCOTUS for a final ruling on the #TikTokban before it takes effect on Jan. 19, 2025.

Hello, social media and internet researchers! We are now on Bluesky! Give us a follow if you are interested in learning more about how to collect & analyze social media data for public interest research. communalytic.org

We are now on Bsky!