When The Truth No Longer Matters: How Social Media’s Engagement Obsession Is Killing Democracy
Sensationalism, controversy, and misinformation outperform factual reporting, eroding trust in journalism and deepening ...
Social Media Reacts To RFK Jr.'s Confirmation As Health Secretary
Kennedy has made many controversial and scientifically dubious statements, so it’s not surprising people are worried about ...
Musk bringing back DOGE staffer who resigned after racist social media posts were exposed
Musk, 53, announced his decision to rehire 25-year-old engineer Marko Elez after Vice President JD Vance expressed strong ...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Why social media keep failing us
Was there a time when people regarded social media in a wholly positive light? It’s hard to remember. The honeymoon’s been over for a while. We still recognize the benefits of social ...
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Social media is broken. Could BuzzFeed’s new “Island” platform finally make social media about the content, not the algorithms?
At the end of a long manifesto about what’s broken about today’s biggest social media platforms, BuzzFeed Founder and CEO ...
BuzzFeed Is Launching a New Social Media Network. Why?
So what should BuzzFeed do to regain its onetime foothold in internet culture? Start its own social network, of course. Such ...
The big thing missing in stories about teens and social media
Social media is bad for teens, right? That's a lot of what we hear. But a recent study examined voices missing from the ...
BuzzFeed CEO Says AI ‘Destroyed the Internet,’ Plans New Social App for ‘Human Creativity Fighting Against the Machine’
BuzzFeed founder and CEO Jonah Peretti on Tuesday said companies like Meta and TikTok, as well as AI, have "destroyed the ...
BuzzFeed’s New Plan: An AI-Powered Social Media Platform to Help “Spread Joy”
In an open letter, CEO Jonah Peretti calls out TikTok and Meta for prioritizing AI tech over content and says people miss the ...