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October 07, 2025
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August 14, 2025
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June 02, 2025
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April 22, 2025
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Social Media Lab Appointed as Lead Academic Partner for Australian Legislation
SML will contribute expertise and guidance for the recently passed Social Media Minimum Age legislation, set to take effect end of 2025.
April 16, 2025
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Jeff Hancock Features in New Documentary "What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates"
In the new Netflix documentary, What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates, Jeff Hancock speaks to the ethical dilemmas and other challenges of AI
September 24, 2024
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Stanford HAI Engages ASEAN Leaders in Critical AI Dialogue Amidst Regional Challenges
At a workshop preceding ASEAN’s Ministerial Meeting, Stanford faculty and ASEAN delegates explored AI’s impact on governance, fairness, and regional cooperation.
September 24, 2024
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Introducing our 2024-25 Fellows
The Stanford Social Media Lab is thrilled to welcome our incoming postdoctoral and predoctoral fellows, and visiting scholar Yi-Chia Wang.
August 11, 2024
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The Digital Strength Initiative
The Digital Strength Initiative (DSI) is a coalition of values-aligned partners brought together to counter the forces of online misinformation.
March 21, 2024
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October 06, 2023
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Zoom fatigue worse for women, Stanford News
Prof. Jeff Hancock, Prof. Jeremy Bailenson and colleagues find that women report feeling more exhausted than men following video calls – and the “self-view” display may be to blame
April 14, 2021
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The Future of Lying
Jeff Hancock on the AARP Washington State “Sorting Fact From Fiction” speaker series.
October 26, 2020
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Artificial intelligence is changing the way we communicate with each other, leading to questions of trust and bias, HAI
Jeff Hancock and two Cornell colleagues reflect on what happens when AI tools come between people and act on their behalf.
October 23, 2020
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Teens on Tech: Understanding Online Echo Chambers & Social Media Algorithms
Teens on Tech is an ongoing series with our partners, My Digital Tat2, to share adolescents’ perspectives on their digital worlds.
October 12, 2020
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Welcome to “Teens on Tech”: Our New Series with My Digital Tat2
The Social Media Lab is proud to announce our partnership with My Digital Tat2.
October 06, 2020
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How Mis- And Disinformation Campaigns Online Kneecap Coronavirus Response, Kaiser Health News
Older Americans experience a “perfect storm,” Hancock said. “They’re more susceptible to the virus. They are targets of misinformation and online scams at a much higher rate."
June 30, 2020
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Can you catch coronavirus swimming? What about 5G? Debunking bizarre myths, San Francisco Chronicle
Jeff Hancock has studied the propagation of conspiracy theories and myths and notes that the effective ones are all attributed to a “reliable source.”
May 10, 2020
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Chatbots in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, npj Digital Medicine
Chatbots, if effectively designed and deployed, could help us by sharing up-to-date information quickly, encouraging desired health impacting behaviors.
May 04, 2020
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Nearly one-third of Americans believe a coronavirus vaccine exists and is being withheld, survey finds, USA Today
As the coronavirus pandemic nears 50,000 deaths in the U.S. – around half don’t believe that figure either – new data suggests many Americans hold misinformation about the virus.
April 24, 2020
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Work and a desire to exercise, socialize are why people didn’t social distance, Stanford News
Some people did not follow early recommendations to limit physical contact with others. Now, a new study by Stanford scholars reveals reasons why people failed to comply.
April 14, 2020