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Changing Meta’s algorithms did not help US political polarization, study finds

Together, the findings suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and that the algorithms help by “making it easier for people to do what they’re inclined to do,” according to David Lazer, a Northeastern University professor who worked on all four papers.
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New study shows just how Facebook’s algorithm shapes conservative and liberal bubbles

“It’s not a grand scientific observation,” said David Lazar of Northeastern University, a co-author of the study. “We’d need more data to see and we’d need more crises.”
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Facebook False News in US Election Reached More Conservatives, Study Says

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Deep dive into Meta’s algorithms shows that America’s political polarization has no easy fix

Together, the findings suggest that Facebook users seek out content that aligns with their views and that the algorithms help by “making it easier for people to do what they’re inclined to do,” according to David Lazer, a Northeastern University professor who worked on all four papers.
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Climate Monitoring and 6G Must Learn to Coexist

“It is critical to avoid any harm on remote weather sensing and radio astronomy users, as they support key operations for our society,” explains Michele Polese, a principal research scientist at the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) at Northeastern University, in Boston.
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Economists say US just might avoid a recession after all

Halting additional hikes would help stave off a recession because higher borrowing costs constrain spending and investment, said Robert Triest, chair of Northeastern University’s economics department.
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Elon Musk’s X takes @X handle from longtime Twitter user

It is possible to trademark a single letter, but doing so will make it harder for Musk’s company to sue for infringement or to avoid lawsuits from other companies that use X, said Alexandra Roberts, a professor of law and media at Northeastern University.
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Doctors who put lives at risk with covid misinformation rarely punished

“We allow the profession to police themselves. And when they fail to do that, even in the most egregious cases, what they are abetting is the erosion of trust and respect for doctors,” said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law, who has written about the harms of covid misinformation.
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Why we shut down AeroShield Labs

The below feedback came through Human Subjects Research (HSR) study performed by Northeastern University through our partnership with them.
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16 Current And Potential Ethical Crises In Technology

With the advances in generative AI, companies cannot avoid the rush to capitalize on the acceleration of knowledge worker tasks. However, rushing to deploy AI creates minefields of new risks, including unintended biases and regulatory violations. The mass layoffs of in-house ethics teams at several large tech companies should serve as motivation for others to double down […]
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Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US

She and three other Afghan students arrived at Northeastern University in Boston in January 2022 after first being taken to Qatar and then a military base in New Jersey.
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Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US

Northeastern is among the universities that opened their doors to Afghan students after the Taliban takeover.