Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.

Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’

ALT: a cartoon of the earth sitting at a table with a speech bubble that says " this is not fine "

Der Shutdown in den USA trifft 37.000 US-Soldaten in Deutschland: Die Army empfiehlt Notfall-Hilfen, sogar den Gang zur Tafel. Droht Mitte November der komplette Gehaltsausfall?

Blikk, a tabloid with about 3 million online monthly readers, bought by pro-Orbán media group Indamedia Journalists at Hungary’s most-read newspaper have expressed shock after a media group seen as close to nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz, bought the tabloid from its previous Swiss owners. The purchase, which comes as Hungary gears up for crucial elections next year in which Orbán faces an unprecedented opposition challenge, is widely seen as another attempt to increase government influence on the media. Continue reading...

From Dec. 10, young teenagers in Australia will be banned, under new legislation, from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — in one of the toughest online crackdowns in the democratic world.

How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...

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Sie sollte die Arbeitswelt revolutionieren. Doch mehrere Studien belegen nun, dass der Einsatz von KI keine Effizienzgewinne in Unternehmen bringt.