February 2, 2024
Category: The Big Story
December 21, 2023
Distortion by design: How social media platforms shaped our initial understanding of the Israel-Hamas conflict
Platform design and content moderation decisions affect what people see, hear, and believe about the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and the conflict in Gaza that has followed. Do X, Meta, Telegram, and TikTok recognize how their algorithms affect people, politics, and history? Do we? The first declaration of war came via Telegram. On
October 24, 2023
The global consequences of the Israel-Hamas war are just beginning. Here’s what to watch.
With the conflict ignited by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel still ablaze, it is difficult to predict what decisions the players will make tomorrow—let alone in a week or a month. That makes it challenging for other nations impacted by the conflict to craft their foreign policy. What we can know in these