“What's unique about the personal social networking market is that it runs on network effects, which tends to warrant market concentration.”
“Human-in-the-loop moderation is the right solution...it would give accountability where these companies have in the past blamed software.”
When users stop to reflect...they are less likely to believe other fake news stories several minutes to an hour afterward.
Owning the world's most popular web browser gives Google an opening to snoop on users' browsing activity in new ways.
Sinan Aral takes a look at some common myths swirling around social media and the upcoming election, and examines their validity.
Last April, states began to sporadically reopen their economies after weeks of being shut down. The uncoordinated reopening caused chaos.
This week's debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden highlighted how even the truth has become a partisan issue. Can reality be reclaimed?
"Breaking up Facebook could take 10 years. By the time that happened, the landscape of social media would look nothing like it does today."
Sinan Aral argues that social media has both promise and peril. To reap the benefits of these technologies we need to better understand them.
Sinan Aral, Director of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy, talks about his book "The Hype Machine." (13:41)
