The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

A decade and a half after redefining creativity online, Instagram’s newest award highlights its biggest contradiction — it ...

Since 2016, Instagram’s algorithms have been a source of drama. Many users insist they want a chronological feed of the accounts they follow while the developers keep adding more algorithmically ...

High school calculus is probably the last time you had to think about algorithms—if you’re lucky, that is. But for performers and content creators alike, there’s a new algorithm to worry about: ...

The joys and perils of life on social media are many, but one of the chief tradeoffs of these platforms is the way that they are controlled by algorithms. An algorithm can be great, because the best ...

Instagram is spreading child pornography due to a lack of oversight and recommendation algorithms that don’t adequately discriminate good from bad, the Wall Street Journal has found. The platform ...

Instagram’s home feed ranking algorithm is receiving an update that’s designed to boost the visibility of original content. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced the ranking change is one ...