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X Marks the Plot: The Dynamics of Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

2025-04-08 Tash G 0

“Very soon, you will only have 15 minutes of freedom here in the UK”, Katie Hopkins warns her nearly 600,000 YouTube subscribers. In Hopkins’ video, which has been viewed more than 123,000 times (and hundreds […]

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Boys, Bots & the Algorithm: How TikTok Fuels the Gender Divide

2025-04-08 Emily Jean Donovan 0

By Emily Donovan Young men and women are getting farther and farther apart politically, and it’s no surprise that social media plays a huge role in this. With a rise in self-proclaimed misogynists like Andrew […]

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From Creators to Cogs: The Algorithmic Exploitation Behind Social Media Fame

2025-04-08 Yu Zou 0

Who is listening when we speak online—whether we’re sharing an idea, posting an essay, or uploading a photo or video? The answer mostly depends on algorithms. In computer science, these are called recommender systems. Platforms […]

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“It started with cartoons, now he’s watching conspiracy clips.” When Children Fall into Algorithmic Rabbit Holes

2025-04-08 Peiwen Huang 0

You’ve probably been in a situation where a child opens YouTube to watch a cartoon and an hour later unknowingly clicks into a strange, even disturbing video. Sometimes it’s a conspiracy theory interspersed with a […]

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From Redbook to AI Feeding: The lack of regulation behind AI

2025-04-08 Jiahui Zhao 0

Introduction Artificial Intelligence, is the branch of computer science that simulates human behaviour through data collection, processing and algorithms. The main goal is to enable machines to process things like humans. With the development of […]

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The Impact of Twitter/X Hate: The Gendered Hate Women Face on Social Media

2025-04-08 Yue Zhao 0

by Yue Zhao 540482139 Introduction Ladies and ladies, may I have a moment for a few questions? Do you use Twitter? How often do you tweet? And, to what extent do you like using Twitter(of […]

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What Happens When Your Face Becomes Data? Australia’s Digital Rights at Risk

2025-04-08 Chen Wang 0

Will people still consent to information being collected when biometric surveillance becomes the norm? Australia’s latest privacy reforms have opened up a debate about civil rights and digital system. Australia’s privacy law reforms learn from facial […]

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The Post-Truth Era: A Cognitive War No One Can Escape

2025-04-08 Yijun Wang 0

Ⅰ. When ‘God is Dead’ Meets the Algorithm Era: We Are Losing a Shared Truth In the flick of a finger while scrolling through their phones, Generation Z may simultaneously experience multiple cognitive earthquakes: a […]

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Behind the Hate Speech: “Fragile” Intelligence and a “Torn” World

2025-04-08 王雷 0

Recently, far-right online trolls and extremists seemed to become bolder after the US election. Following Donald Trump’s reelection, a notable increase in hate speeches and derogatory attacks aimed at women has been observed on social […]

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When Video Games Rewrite History: How Assassin’s Creed Shadows Exposed the Dark Side of Digital Storytelling

2025-04-08 Lingxiao Xu 0

Introduction In June 2024, nearly 100,000 Japanese netizens clicked the joint button on Change.org to demand that Ubisoft stop selling Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, less than a month after Ubisoft released a new trailer for the game (May 16). […]

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