Newly unredacted documents from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Meta underscore the company’s historical reluctance to keep children safe on its platforms
January 17, 2024
Iowa has become the latest state to sue TikTok over claims that the social media company deceives consumers over the amount of “inappropriate content” that children have access to via the platform
January 17, 2024
Australia’s online safety watchdog says the owner of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has slashed its global trust and safety staff by 30% including an 80% reduction in the number of safety engineers since billionaire Elon Musk took over in 2022
January 10, 2024
TikTok has restricted one tool researchers use to analyze popular videos
January 09, 2024
A trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies has sued Ohio over a pending law that requires children to get parental consent to use social media apps
January 05, 2024
Poland’s minister of digital affairs has suggested that President Andrzej Duda check the security of access to his social accounts after a bizarre tweet went out that was almost immediately removed
January 05, 2024
A spokesperson for Andrew Tate says a court in Romania has rejected the divisive influencer's request to leave the country to visit his mother in the U.K. after she had suffered a heart attack
December 22, 2023
The intensity of NFL fandom that increased with the surge of fantasy football has spiked further in the age of online betting
December 19, 2023
A trade group that represents TikTok and other major tech companies has sued Utah over its first-in-the-nation laws requiring children to get parental consent to use social media apps
December 19, 2023
The European Union has made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content
December 18, 2023
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19 and other life-threatening diseases.
December 13, 2023
Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents
December 12, 2023
A federal judge in Texas has upheld the state’s TikTok ban on official devices and networks
December 12, 2023
Disinformation campaigns often use a set of rhetorical devices that you can learn to spot, like conspiracy narratives, good versus evil framing, and revealed secrets.
December 07, 2023
New Mexico's attorney general is suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram claiming it failed to protect underage users from exposure to child sexual abuse material and let adults solicit pornographic imagery from them
December 06, 2023
More than a decade after debuting on the once-nascent YouTube creator community, “Get Ready with Me” videos have inundated social media
November 27, 2023
Russia's interior ministry has added the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta to a wanted list according to its online database
November 26, 2023
A Senate committee has issued bipartisan subpoenas to the CEOs of Discord, Snap and X, demanding that the heads of the three companies testify at a December hearing on protecting children online
November 20, 2023
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory
November 17, 2023
France says it has been the target of a Russian online destabilization campaign that used bots to whip up controversy and confusion about spray-painted Stars of David that appeared on Paris streets
November 10, 2023
A new study unexpectedly found a way to help people assess social media posts with less bias and more care – pairing them up with partners who have a different perspective.
November 09, 2023
The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel's arrest of the young woman, saying she is being punished for an online post she didn't write
November 08, 2023
One person’s content moderation is another’s censorship when it comes to Democrats’ and Republicans’ views on handling misinformation.
November 03, 2023
The federal judge who reimposed a narrow gag order on Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case in Washington says one of his social media posts about ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows constituted an “attack.”
October 30, 2023
With identity the most lucrative commodity social media platforms trade in, their fetishization of authenticity remains ironclad.
October 27, 2023
One year ago, billionaire Elon Musk walked into Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X
October 27, 2023
As social media expands its reach, many people are developing intense one-sided relationships with influencers and media figures they follow online. These so-called “parasocial relationships” provide a sense of connection but rarely reflect reality. Jessica Grose, a journalist and novelist, recently found herself fixated on the drama unfolding among cast members of the Bravo reality show “Summer House.” She spent time analyzing their disputes and motivations with friends over text. “The kind of one-way friendship I have with these reality stars has a name in the sociology world: It’s called a ‘parasocial relationship,’” said Grose. This term was first coined
October 25, 2023
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers Big Tech a path to legitimacy as public spaces.
October 24, 2023
The Supreme Court says it will indefinitely block a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts on topics including COVID-19 and election security
October 20, 2023
Donald Trump has been fined $5,000 after his disparaging social media post about a key court staffer in his New York civil fraud trial lingered on his campaign website for weeks after the judge ordered it deleted
October 20, 2023
The European Union has demanded Meta and TikTok detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas war
October 19, 2023
Elon Musk’s social media platform X is charging a $1 fee to new users in the Philippines and New Zealand
October 18, 2023
A person with knowledge of the move says Haley Cavinder has entered the transfer portal
October 13, 2023
The European Commission has made a formal, legally binding request for information from Elon Musk’s social media platform X over its handling of hate speech, misinformation and violent terrorist content related to the Israel-Hamas war
October 12, 2023
TikTok and Montana faced off in federal court in a case filed by the video sharing app and five content creators who want the court to temporarily block the state's ban on the platform before it takes effect on Jan. 1
October 12, 2023
While Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world
October 11, 2023
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are calling for social media platforms to adopt better content-moderation policies and other fixes
October 10, 2023
The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, says it is struggling with a flood of posts sharing graphic media, violent speech and hateful conduct about the latest war between Israel and Hamas
October 10, 2023
Lexington Candy Shop has had a line outside for over a year since a TikTok of its Coke float went viral
October 08, 2023
X, formerly known as Twitter, has stopped showing headlines on articles shared on the platform
October 05, 2023
US Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing “serious concerns” about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms and asking each to explain any rules they’re crafting to curb the harms to free and fair elections
October 05, 2023
Chinese-owned video platform TikTok says it will halt its online retail operation in Indonesia to comply with the country’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms
October 04, 2023
A California man who says he was harassed after Elon Musk amplified social media posts that made false claims about him is suing the billionaire
October 02, 2023
Social media users shared a range of false claims this week
September 29, 2023
A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday has eased geographical restrictions on Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women
September 28, 2023
Chinese-owned app TikTok says it regrets the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have on the millions of sellers who use TikTok Shop
September 28, 2023
Social media users take note: You'll no longer be able to snap that fall foliage selfie in your autumn attire at one popular Vermont spot
September 26, 2023
Social media users are falsely claiming Arizona’s governor has been “indicted” by local lawmakers
September 25, 2023
Republican presidential hopefuls have largely shunned TikTok, the hugely popular video-sharing app that many conservatives accuse of being a spy mechanism for China
September 25, 2023
The exclusive online livestream for the second Republican presidential debate this week will take place on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform that has been criticized for allowing far-right extremism, bigotry, election disinformation and conspiracy theories
September 25, 2023
Peer pressure, amusement and the desire for attention help explain why young people participate in risky social media challenges.
September 22, 2023
Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison said he received more than 60 “disgustingly disrespectful messages” through social media that included racial slurs and encouraged suicide in the aftermath of the team's recent loss
September 15, 2023
European regulators have slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children's privacy
September 15, 2023
Biden refers to Trump supporters as 'garbage' in interview
Australia to ramp up missile production as Indo Pacific enters new missile age
Misleading text messages from ‘voter mobilization’ group create confusion in key swing states
Zelenskiy's top aide talks assistance, N.Korea with Blinken, Sullivan
Filipino artist connects with his "Lola" through collaborative watercolors
US dollar rally pauses before jobs data, Aussie droops on RBA outlook
BlackRock in talks to buy private credit firm HPS, Bloomberg News reports
Oil prices steady on shrinking U.S. crude inventories
Patriots, Revolution celebrate Halloween with children who have cancer
Yankee Stadium fan ejected for prying ball out of Mookie Betts' glove at World Series