/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3442/all en /newsroom/channels/news/taylor-owen-uniform-social-media-regulations-359459 <p>September 6, 2024 | Taylor Owen spoke about the online harms of social media and how having uniform social media regulations enforced across all digital platforms, can help with the online governance on <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/09/06/collective-action-needed-to-combat-online-harm-from-social-media-say-experts">The Star</a>.</p> Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:38:10 +0000 admin 314784 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-instagram-cracks-down-teen-sextortion-356743 <p>Instagram is aiming to make it harder for potential scammers and criminals to coerce teens into sending nude photos and extort them for money. The company announced on Thursday it is testing new features to curb an alarming trend called financial sextortion, which often targets kids and teenagers. (<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/11/tech/meta-sextortion-tools/index.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CNN</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from �������� who can comment on this issue: </p> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:29:40 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 310422 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-whistleblower-frances-haugen-says-facebook-making-online-hate-worse-334442 <p>Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers that the social media giant stokes online hate and extremism, fails to protect children from harmful content and lacks any incentive to fix the problems, providing strong momentum for efforts by European governments working on stricter regulation of tech giants. While her testimony echoed much of what she told the U.S. Senate earlier this month, her appearance drew intense interest from a British parliamentary committee that is much further along in drawing up legislation to crack down on social platforms.</p> Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:22:54 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 282252 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-back-online-after-global-outage-333966 <p>Facebook and Facebook-owned apps Instagram and WhatsApp were up and running again late Monday after being hit by an outage that affected users around the world. The social media giant said the disruption to network traffic "had a cascading effect on the way our data centres communicate, bringing our services to a halt." It said there is no evidence that user data was comprised. It was the largest such outage ever tracked by the web monitoring group Downdetector, which collates complaints about web outages.</p> Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:04:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 278398 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/using-artificial-intelligence-manage-extreme-weather-events-327770 <p>Can combining deep learning (DL)— a subfield of artificial intelligence— with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of �������� researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.</p> Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:17:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256259 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-facebook-board-upholds-donald-trump-suspension-330965 <p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump won't return to Facebook – at least not yet. Four months after Facebook suspended Trump's accounts for inciting violence that led to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, the company's quasi-independent oversight board upheld the bans. But it told Facebook to specify how long they would last, saying that its "indefinite" ban on the former president was unreasonable. The ruling, which gives Facebook six months to comply, effectively postpones any possible Trump reinstatement and puts the onus for that decision squarely back on the company.</p> Mon, 10 May 2021 19:46:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 264628 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/americans-are-super-spreaders-covid-19-misinformation-330229 <p>Misinformation about COVID-19 is spreading from the United States into Canada, undermining efforts to mitigate the pandemic. A <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpos.2021.648646/abstract">study</a> led by �������� shows that Canadians who use social media are more likely to consume this misinformation, embrace false beliefs about COVID-19, and subsequently spread them.</p> Tue, 06 Apr 2021 02:06:04 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 258602 at /newsroom /newsroom/luca-maria-pesando Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:47:43 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 254251 at /newsroom /newsroom/emmanuelle-vaast Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:13:18 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253353 at /newsroom /newsroom/taylor-owen Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:02:16 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 240740 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/covid-19-social-media-users-more-likely-believe-false-information-323390 <p>A new study led by researchers at �������� finds that people who get their news from social media are more likely to have misperceptions about COVID-19. Those that consume more traditional news media have fewer misperceptions and are more likely to follow public health recommendations like social distancing.</p> Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:15:35 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 230567 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/your-friends-have-more-friends-you-do-260887 <p><em><strong>By Katherine Gombay, <a href="/newsroom">�������� Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Research uncovers the inherently hierarchical nature of social media</em></p> Wed, 18 May 2016 14:32:09 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25842 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/media-love-men-bad-news-women-255762 <p align="center"> Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:36:23 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 24509 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/social-media-data-pose-pitfalls-studying-behaviour-240450 Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:46:35 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 21651 at /newsroom /newsroom/faculty-and-staff/socialmedia/directory <p style="margin-left:40px"><div class="image-caption-container"><img height="341" width="900" class="file-original no-float" src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/directoryimage.png" alt="" /></div></p> <hr /> <div class="two-column-1"> <p>To ensure that visitors to our social media sites can determine that the communities they are engaging with are legitimate �������� accounts, here is our social media directory. (n.b. this list does not include labs, or student-run social media sites or groups). Please <span class="spamspan"><span class="u">info.communications</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span><span class="h"> (subject: Request%20for%20social%20media%20platform) </span><span class="a"> (contact us)</span></span> if you wish to create new social media platform(s).</p> </div> <div class="two-column-2"> <p>It is very important that ��������’s social media channels also project a consistent and coherent look. As such, official social media avatars and high-quality “cover” photography (see <a href="/visual-identity/visual-identity-guide#social">Visual Identity Guide</a>) are required. Please submit a <a href="/visual-identity/customized-social-media-avatars-request-form">customized avatar request</a> form for your faculty, department or unit. Avatars may be created for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. Already have an avatar, but aren't on the Directory? <a href="/newsroom/social-media-directory">Fill out this form</a> to let us know.</p> <p> </p> </div> <p> Wed, 22 May 2013 18:33:01 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 18681 at /newsroom