News & Commentary

Recap of our recent event with academic, policy, and tech experts on how to make social media a safer and more civil place.

Warning users of the potential consequences of their behavior can temporarily reduce their hateful language.

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

In 2020, Craig Newmark Philanthropies donated $400,000 to support our PhD students, ensuring they could continue their research projects examining some of the biggest questions at the intersection of social media and democracy. Here is an update on what they've been working on this past year thanks to Craig's generous support.

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.

Tweets mentioning hydroxychloroquine peaked when President Trump touted the drug — without evidence — as a cure to the disease.

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

Our research shows political bubbles, or echo chambers, are not as widespread as many pundits make them out to be.

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.

Although social media may have given dissidents a temporary advantage over repressive governments, now that Twitter is a mature platform, repressive regimes can and do use social media to solidify their grip on power.

Initial emotional responses on Twitter gave way to a call for more political responses in the wake of Newtown massacre.