"We have observed a broad spectrum of behaviors mixing the characteristics of bots and people."

Instagram has confirmed that it is set to release a brighter icon along with its own typography.

On TikTok, #IStandWithAmberHeard has garnered about 8.2 million views, while #JusticeForJohnnyDepp has earned about 15 billion views. A sociologist offers her views on the reasons why.

The singer joined a growing collection of artists frustrated with their labels over the heightened role of virality in dictating music releases

The Cambridge Analytica scandal returned to haunt Meta aka Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Washington District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A Racine announcing that his office is suing the social media behemoth's founder for his role in Facebook's misleading privacy practices and failure to protect millions of users' data.

Today, let’s talk about Facebook’s latest effort to make the platform more comprehensible to outsiders — and how its findings inform our current, seemingly endless debate over whether you can have a social network and free speech, too.

By Emily Reynolds. Negative feelings particularly likely to arise among mothers prone to social comparison.

Older TikTok users are using the online platform, regarded as the virtual playground of teenagers, to defy ageist stereotypes of elderly people as technophobic and frail. Research has found increasing numbers of accounts belonging to users aged 60 and older with millions of followers. Using the platform to showcase their energy and vibrancy, these TikTok elders are rewriting expectations around how older people should behave both on and off social media.

Twitch took down the livestream of the Buffalo shooting in two minutes. It wasn’t enough.

Controversial psychology professor and author Jordan Peterson has quit Twitter because of an “endless flood of vicious insults” after he was roasted for criticising a supermodel.

Cannabis use is widespread and becoming more normalized as it becomes legalized in more areas around the world. Another method cannabis use is becoming normalized is through social media platforms such as TikTok.

When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back?

Facebook rebranded as Meta last month, but a PC company already called Meta has something to say about that. According to TMZ, another company already filed to trademark the word "Meta" back in August. This company is Meta PC, and it sells computers, laptops, tablets, and software. Founders Joe Darger and Zack Shutt said that they've been operating Meta PC for a little over a year now, but only recently filed to trademark the "Meta" brand.

The emergency filing Friday seeking to block the Texas law -- HB20 -- comes two days after a divided federal appeals court let it take effect while a legal challenge filed by the tech groups goes forward.

Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday put on hold his $44 billion-takeover plan for Twitter Inc , as he waited for details on the microblogging platform's claim that fake accounts comprise less than 5% of users.

Lobbying groups representing Facebook, Twitter, Google and other tech companies filed an emergency request with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to block a Texas law that prohibits large social media platforms from banning users based on their political views.

The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.

"Scrolling social media is so ubiquitous that [we] do it almost without thinking from the moment we wake up to when we close our eyes at night."

Elon Musk said he wants to make Twitter a platform for free speech. Here is what research shows about claims of political bias and excessive moderation.

There are countless accounts on TikTok dedicated to “The Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal, where fans gather to ruminate on his acting skills and, of course, dashing good looks. But who w…