Companies should consider pulling adverts from the platform until it takes further steps to tackle misleading climate-related content, say campaigners — but Facebook has been quick to defend its record.

Facebook's plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13 continues to get backlash.

A lawsuit filed against the maker of Snapchat and two apps, YOLO and LMK, that use its platform, alleges the apps present an unreasonable risk of harm.

The 14,000-account "political manipulation" network sent posts on Trump, Biden, and COVID.

Twitter wants users to think twice about sending a mean or offensive tweet. The tech company on Wednesday announced it has released a feature that detects "mean" replies on its service before a user presses send. When a not-very-nice tweet is detected, an automatic prompt reads, "Want to review this before Tweeting?" The user is presented with three choices: tweet, edit, or delete.

Apple recently rolled out its highly anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with iOS 14.5, which lets users decide whether apps track their activity for targeted advertising. Overwhelmingly, users seem happy to leave app tracking disabled. Just 4% of iPhone users in the U.S. have agreed to app tracking after updating their device, according to the latest data from Verizon-owned analytics firm Flurry.

The reality is that Trump used Facebook most effectively as an organizing and fundraising tool, not as a platform for ‘posting’

Twitter is testing out a new feature that will let users give and receive money through a "Tip Jar," the social media site said on Thursday.

Encrypted instant messaging app Signal has tried to run a series of Instagram ads to show the amount of data the social media platform and its parent company Facebook collect about users and how it uses the data to push targeted ads. But that attempt was quickly shut down by Facebook, Signal said in a blog post.

Twitter announced Monday that it will open up its live audio room feature, Spaces, to more users. Any account with 600 or more followers on either iOS or Android devices will be able to host an audio conversation.

A company-appointed panel ruled that the ban was justified at the time but added that the company should reassess its action and make a final decision in six months.

Facebook and Instagram began to warn users on Apple platforms last week that their data shared to target ads on the platforms help keep them "free of charge," according to a company blog post.

Four-day sporting boycott reinforces the need for Twitter, Facebook and others to get rid of those dishing out abuse – now

From politicians to influencers, school friends to colleagues, people are increasingly using their social media platform to keep their friends close - but their enemies closer, writes Kimberley Bond

Football clubs, players and sporting bodies begin a four-day boycott of social media platforms to tackle abuse and discrimination.

The social media site has been exploring new ways to combat fake news and online abuse.

"Algorithms have great potential for good. They can also be misused."

Facebook (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday the company will build features for content creators to earn money from recommending products on the app and getting a cut of product sales.

At a private meeting on the sidelines of an informal gathering of tech and social media executives in July of 2019 in Sun Valley, Idaho, Apple CEO Tim Cook urged Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg to delete all user information his company has collected from third-party apps, according to The New York Times.

A new bill in the U.S. Congress is proposing that social media companies ban certain users from North Korea and other countries defined in U.S. law as being state sponsors of terrorism.