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By Michael Bamidele 15 April 2021 | 2:46 pm
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Instagram on Wednesday said it is dabbling with letting users hide “like” counts in an effort to ease the pressure of seeking approval from others.
If an experiment at Instagram shows the option is a hit, it could be made permanent and even extended to Facebook, which owns the image-centric social network. x
“In 2019, we started hiding like counts for a small group of people to understand if it lessens some pressure when posting to Instagram,” a Facebook spokesperson told AFP. “Some people found this beneficial but some still wanted to see like counts so they could track what’s popular.”
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A year after the COVID-19 pandemic started closing businesses and forcing many workers to learn how to work remotely, is there any going back to business as usual? Changing the status quo promises to create a fundamental workplace challenge with pros and cons for workers and employers, say two Northeastern researchers who study virtual work and urban landscapes.
“The broad trend seems to be that people want to go back to the office, but they also want to remain working from home at least two or three days a week,” says
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By Emily Arntsen
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The violent riots at the Capitol were abetted and encouraged by posts on social media sites. But from a legal and practical standpoint, itâs often hard to hold social media companies responsible for their users, Northeastern professors say.
Jack McDevitt, director of the Institute on Race and Justice, argues that many of the posts amount to hate crimesâand that tech companies should be held responsible for violent rhetoric disseminated on their sites. But when it comes to spreading misinformation, exactly who is liable is less clear, saysÂ
David Lazer, university distinguished professor of political science and computer and information sciences.