We often talk about algorithms like they're people. Algorithms take action. They think. They make decisions. Sometimes they even offend us and we tell them so: "Um, no thanks, Facebook." "Whoa, that's ...

Facebook’s recent courtship of publishers – like its attempt to move them onto Instant Articles, paying them to produce Facebook Live videos and allowing the posting of sponsored posts on their feeds ...

Navneet Alang is a Toronto-based freelance technology culture columnist. Everybody knows the photo of Phan Thi Kim Phuc. She's the Vietnamese-Canadian depicted as a child in a 1972 photo by Nick Ut, ...

Facebook’s algorithm decides which posts you see by ranking them based on predicted engagement, timeliness, and relevance. Understanding its mechanics can help you create content that stays visible ...

It seems like Facebook’s favorite pastime is messing with its algorithm, to the terror of brands, media, and consumers everywhere. With each tweak, unexpected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights has ruled that Meta engaged in gender-based discrimination via its algorithm that ...