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- No evidence screen time is negative for child cognitive development, well-being https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/no-evidence-screen-time-is-negative-for-childrens-cognitive-development-and-well-being-oxford-study/ 107 comments
- Screen time does not affect child development https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/no-evidence-screen-time-is-negative-for-childrens-cognitive-development-and-well-being-oxford-study/ 32 comments
- Open letter to Mark Zuckerberg: act now on child and adolescent mental health https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg/ 160 comments
- Digital Detoxing Doesn’t Necessarily Improve Personal Well-Being, New Study https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/digital-detoxing-doesnt-necessarily-improve-personal-well-being-new-study-finds/ 2 comments
- The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to transform the economy https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/blog/the-blockchain-paradox-why-distributed-ledger-technologies-may-do-little-to-transform-the-economy/ 339 comments
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- The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/blog/the-blockchain-paradox-why-distributed-ledger-technologies-may-do-little-to-transform-the-economy/ 8 comments merkle-trees
- New research from a team of US and UK researchers has found that politically conservative users tend to share misinformation at a greater volume than politically liberal users. https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/social-media-users-actions-rather-than-biased-policies-could-drive-differences-in-platform-enforcement/ 201 comments science
- Politically conservative users tend to share misinformation at a greater volume than politically liberal users — This could explain why conservatives were suspended more frequently by platforms: Nature paper https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/social-media-users-actions-rather-than-biased-policies-could-drive-differences-in-platform-enforcement/ 389 comments technology
- Academics launch new report to help protect society from unethical AI https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/news/a-report-from-the-universities-of-oxford-and-bologna-will-help-protect-society-from-unethical-ai-with-a-world-first-approach-to-support-organisations-to-meet-future-eu-regulations/ 12 comments technology
- An Open Letter to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg: A Global Call to Act Now on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Science https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/an-open-letter-to-mark-zuckerberg/#continue 25 comments science
- How states are weaponizing internet memes to advance foreign policy objectives https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/social-media-manipulation-by-political-actors-now-an-industrial-scale-problem-prevalent-in-over-80-countries-annual-oxford-report/ 8 comments geopolitics
- New report reveals growing threat of organised social media manipulation world-wide https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/new-report-reveals-growing-threat-of-organised-social-media-manipulation-world-wide/ 175 comments technology
- The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to public life. Around the world, government agencies and political parties are exploiting social media platforms to spread junk news and disinformation, exercise censorship and control https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/new-report-reveals-growing-threat-of-organised-social-media-manipulation-world-wide/ 138 comments worldnews
- Manipulation of public opinion on social media has emerged as critical threat to public life. World over, government agencies & political parties exploit these platforms to spread junk news & disinformation, exercise censorship & control, & undermine trust in media, public institutions & science https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/releases/new-report-reveals-growing-threat-of-organised-social-media-manipulation-world-wide/ 34 comments worldnews