Improving AI Research

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Like social media, a key challenge to studying the public's use of AI is the lack of data. AI companies could solve this by making it easier for users to donate their data to research.

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NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics works to strengthen democracy by conducting rigorous research, advancing evidence-based public policy, and training the next generation of scholars.

Who We Are

  • Our Research

    CSMaP publishes rigorous, policy-relevant research in top academic journals.

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  • Our Team

    Drawing from politics, data science, biology, and sociology, we host a diverse community of scholars.

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  • Our Impact

    Our work advances evidence-based public policy and discourse in the digital age.

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Strengthening Democracy

Policymakers across the world are reshaping the laws and regulations governing online spaces. But without access to high-quality empirical evidence, legislators risk operating in the dark. That's where we come in.

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We’re currently hiring across a number of positions. We’re always looking for people to join our talent pool, too.

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A Commitment to Open Science

As part of our project to construct comprehensive data sets and to empirically test hypotheses related to social media and politics, we have developed a suite of open-source tools and modeling processes.

Explore and download our data collection and analysis tools.

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