Maria Ressa built a successful media startup — and exposed human rights issues — while fighting disinformation and attacks from the Philippine government.

Social distance behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic are influenced by geography and social connectedness, a new study finds.

Investigative journalist Maria Ressa, a digital fellow at MIT, said the spread of disinformation on social media threatens democracies worldwide.

The companies will compete Nov. 21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a piece of the MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge $1 million grand prize.

Subscriptions and identify verification are just two of the ways social media companies could stem the tide of inflammatory and inaccurate content.

While the Russia-Ukraine war is taking a devastating toll on land, a second war is unfolding on the internet.

A new study finds that artificial intelligence has been adopted unevenly in the U.S., with use clustered in large companies, industries such as manufacturing and health care, and certain cities.

Companies like Slack and Adidas use machine learning and predictive algorithms to boost their key performance indicators. Here are seven traits of advanced users.

A new book looks at how social media is reshaping the world for good and bad — and how to protect society and democracy from its threats.