“I do think we’re in a moment here,” said Laura Edelson, a Northeastern University professor and expert on social media algorithms. “Our country is being digitally mediated. Where we interact with other people, how we interact with broader society, that is more and more happening over feed algorithms. This is the most recent in a […]

Op-ed by Jill Abramson, who teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.

Laura Edelson, assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University, said that at the end of the day, while people love to debate platforms’ policies and what the policies should be, what matters is people’s “experiences of sharing information and the information are able to get and they’re able to see.”

According to economist Bob Triest, a professor at Northeastern University, “a series of cuts in the federal funds rate would lead toward a reduction in mortgage interest rates as well as interest rates on auto loans and other consumer loans, as well as to loans to businesses.

Laura Edelson, assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University, said that at the end of the day, while people love to debate platforms’ policies and what the policies should be, what matters is people’s “experiences of sharing information and the information are able to get and they’re able to see.”

The stakes extend far beyond clogged court dockets. A loss of confidence in the system may be as damaging as the backlog itself, says Aliza Hochman Bloom, assistant professor of law and an expert on criminal procedure at Northeastern University.

Laura Edelson, assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University, said that at the end of the day, while people love to debate platforms’ policies and what the policies should be, what matters is people’s “experiences of sharing information and the information are able to get and they’re able to see.”

“It’s absolutely fair to call it a coordinated harassment campaign,” Laura Edelson, assistant professor at Northeastern University and director of the Cybersecurity for Democracy Project, told CNN.

Northeastern University professor Laura Edelson speaks to CBS about whether the spread is an unavoidable feature of the internet or if something can be done to stop it.

Northeastern University Criminologist Dr. James Fox, says political attacks are often fueled by online rhetoric. At 22-years old and a college drop-out, he says Robinson could have easily been influenced.

Editorial by Mona Minkara, assistant professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University.

Mona Minkara, assistant professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University, opened her own research laboratory with a focus on computationally modeling hard-to-study immunoproteins found on the surface of lungs.