Study: Social media contributes to a more diverse news diet — wait, what?! Are filter bubbles a myth? Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy.Thomas is a senior reporter at TNW. He covers European tech, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, and government policy. Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....

Study: Twitter’s algorithm favors the political right Twitter is getting more transparent with its users Amplification of right-leaning news In acknowledgment of the fact that tweets from elected officials represent only a small portion of political content on Twitter, the researchers also looked at whether the algorithm disproportionately amplifies news content from any particular point on the ideological spectrum. To this end, they measured the algorithmic amplification of 6.2 million political news articles shared in the US....

Study: Warning people against sharing risky content actually encourages them Could Apple’s child safety feature backfire? Apple’s child safety features Apple announced on Aug. 5, 2021 that it plans to introducenew child safety features in three areas. The first, relatively uncontroversial feature is that Apple’s search app and virtual assistant Siriwill provide parents and children with resources and helpif they encounter potentially harmful material. The second feature will scan images on people’s devices that are also stored in iCloud Photos to look for matches in a database of child sexual abuse images provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other child safety organizations....

Study: Warning people against sharing risky content actually encourages them Could Apple’s child safety feature backfire? Apple’s child safety features Apple announced on Aug. 5, 2021 that it plans to introducenew child safety features in three areas. The first, relatively uncontroversial feature is that Apple’s search app and virtual assistant Siriwill provide parents and children with resources and helpif they encounter potentially harmful material. The second feature will scan images on people’s devices that are also stored in iCloud Photos to look for matches in a database of child sexual abuse images provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and other child safety organizations....

Stumbling Upon Search, Garrett Camp on the Future of Search and Discovery Speakers: confirmed Serial Entrepreneurs Interview During The Next Web Conference Scott Rafer will interview Kevin Rose live on stage in the main conference area. Both are seasoned serial entrepreneurs and we expect this to be one of the many highlights of the conference. For Garret Camp fans (or fans of other speakers) I’ve reserved 10 full 2 days conference passes at 200 euro discount(550 vs....