News & Commentary

The paper’s findings reveal how misinformation spreads across networks and point to need to improve content-moderation techniques.

We analyzed Twitter discussions around two very different topics and found striking similarities in how political discussions evolve online.

Our research shows that the amount of hate speech on Twitter did not systematically increase during and immediately after the 2016 presidential campaign.

A new book argues academic researchers should have more access to the data locked inside Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms.

Our research shows protesters are far more connected to each other — via direct and indirect social ties — than are non-protesters.

Our co-director Joshua A. Tucker testified before the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

NYU has established the Center for Social Media and Politics, which will examine the production, flow, and impact of social media content in the political sphere, as well as support research that uses social media data to study politics.