You may have noticed an odd new trend over the past couple of months on some of largest meme-sharing Facebook pages. Run a quick search on “split memes” on Twitter, Reddit, or Facebook, and you’ll ...

This article originally appeared on Media Matters. Immediately after Facebook announced in January 2018 that it was rolling out changes in the algorithm used to arrange posts in users’ news feeds, ...

It’s like a doping test for memes. An algorithm can detect when a Twitter hashtag or meme has received more attention than expected. This can show it got an artificial boost from corporate advertising ...