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Everyone seems to agree that social media has become a cesspit, with cancel-culture mobs enforcing ideological purity on one side and trolls spreading conspiracy theories on the other. X and Facebook ...

Ms. Angwin is a contributing Opinion writer and an investigative journalist. Social media can feel like a giant newsstand, with more choices than any newsstand ever. It contains news not only from ...

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about ...