Murdoch v Crikey highlights how Australia's defamation laws protect the rich and powerful

Why it's important to think about social media use as a form of dissociation, rather than addiction

Dissociation can be a healthy part of cognitive functioning, provided it doesn’t get in the way of your goals.

The power of silence in a deafening world

This noise makes claims on our consciousness. It colonizes pristine attention. It makes it harder to focus on what’s in front of us, to manage our mind’s impulses, to notice, to appreciate, and to preserve open space: the ... Read more space of silence.'

Playing video games has no effect on wellbeing, study finds

Random acts of clickbait have little to do with kindness

The Snyder Cut’s online fandom was reportedly infested with bots and bad-faith actors

Discourse around the Snyder Cut was reportedly being influenced by bots.

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TikTok is full of shady secret advertisements

Influencers are supposed to disclose their ads, but nothing happens when they don’t.

Researchers paid Fox viewers to watch CNN. Hear what happened

David Broockman and Joshua Kalla paid Fox viewers to watch CNN for one month, and then asked them a series of questions about world news. Those answers we co...

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