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Solving Twitter’s ‘follow-back’ problem

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An MIT professor tries to get a follow from Taylor Swift and ends up with a new tool for information warfare.

Jun 19, 2018
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Sheryl Sandberg on Facebook's missteps and what comes next

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At MIT commencement, the social media giant's COO urges students to build technology with a 'human heartbeat.'

Jun 8, 2018
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Study: False news spreads faster than the truth

About 6 times as fast.

Mar 8, 2018
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Fighting online extremists with machine learning

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Using networks and artificial intelligence to pre-emptively identify and shut down ISIS on Twitter.

Apr 6, 2017
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New lecturer brings social media expertise and research from ESPN to MIT Sloan

Course on social media management will prepare students for new media and communication norms

Jan 29, 2015
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