# Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity **URL:** \ **Category:** Industry & Culture\ **Tags:** social, in-the-news\ **Created:** [30 June 2021 03:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-biologists-and-ecologists-think-social-media-is-a-risk-to-humanity/10999 "2021-06-30T03:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2021 03:49 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/some-biologists-and-ecologists-think-social-media-is-a-risk-to-humanity/10999/1 "2021-06-30T03:49:45Z")
> Social media has drastically restructured the way we communicate in an incredibly short period of time. We can discover, “Like,” click on, and share information faster than ever before, guided by [algorithms](https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121286/algorithms-bias-discrimination-facial-recognition-transparency) most of us don’t quite understand. > > And while some social scientists, journalists, and activists have been raising concerns about how this is affecting our democracy, mental health, and relationships, we haven’t seen biologists and ecologists weighing in as much. > > That’s changed [with a new paper](https://www.pnas.org/content/118/27/e2025764118) published in the prestigious science journal _PNAS_ earlier this month, titled “Stewardship of global collective behavior.” Read in full here: > **[Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity](https://www.vox.com/recode/2021/6/26/22550981/carl-bergstrom-joe-bak-coleman-biologists-ecologists-social-media-risk-humanity-research-academics)** > > One challenge is how little we know about the dangers. _This thread was posted by one of our members via one of our news source trackers._