Oxford Internet Institute

11 August 2018, The Telegraph

Tens of millions of workers around the world endure cripplingly long hours in “gig” jobs, suffering exhaustion, sleep deprivation and social isolation in exchange for low wages.

9 August 2018, The Guardian

The majority of people using dating websites chase potential partners who are significantly more desirable than themselves, study shows

9 August 2018, The New Statesman

Looking at the current global gig economy through the lens of Karl Marx, it seems that many of his insights on capitalism are still relevant in the contemporary era.

6 August 2018, New Scientist

Is social media really to blame for rises in self-harming? The evidence isn’t clear, but some social media use may even be good for teenagers.

5 August 2018, Financial Times

A report this year from the Oxford Internet Institute found evidence of organised social media manipulation campaigns in 48 countries, compared with 28 last year.

3 August 2018, Times of India

Russia may target elections in India and Brazil.

3 August 2018, Reuters

Creators of fake accounts and news pages on Facebook (FB.O) are learning from their past mistakes and making themselves harder to track and identify.

2 August 2018, BBC News

Facebook and Instagram are releasing a new tool to limit how much time people spend on their apps

1 August 2018, CBS News

Experts were in agreement on Wednesday during the Senate Intelligence Committee's latest hearing into foreign actor's attempts to interfere in the U.S. election process.

31 July 2018, McClatchy DC Bureau

A new social-media influence campaign that Facebook divulged on Tuesday provides fresh evidence suggesting the Kremlin or others are seeking to magnify the anger felt by groups on the fringes of American society.

24 July 2018, The New Statesman

As an anthropologist specialising in ‘Digital Detoxing,’ I’ve watched years of anti-tech rhetoric play out through over-used riffs.

23 July 2018, Futurism

The pledge, put forth by AI researcher Max Tegmark’s Future of Life Institute, argues that any system that can target and kill people without human oversight is inherently immoral, and condemns any future AI arms race that may occur.

23 July 2018, Business Insider

An Oxford academic, Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo, told Business Insider that while the pledge's intentions were good, it missed the real threat posed by artificial intelligence in warfare.

19 July 2018, The Times

Teenagers who use social media heavily are up to twice as likely to develop attention and hyperactivity problems, a study has found.

11 July 2018, Business Insider

Professor Andrew Przybylski of the Oxford Internet Institute believes that Silicon Valley engineers accept questionable psychological data as gospel when building their apps.

9 July 2018, The New Statesman

From the critical, like law enforcement, healthcare, and humanitarian aid, to the mundane, like dating and shopping, artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the answer to all our problems.

22 June 2018, The Washington Post

In Mexico, just a handful of vetters are on the front lines.

21 June 2018, Nature

As machine learning infiltrates society, scientists are trying to help ward off injustice.

21 June 2018, BBC News

The decision to class gaming addiction as a mental health disorder was "premature" and based on a "moral panic", experts have said.

19 June 2018, The Verge

We need better data.