Federal and state officials have increased their focus on the problem.

There’s a new automated propaganda machine driving global politics. How it works and what it will mean for the future of democracy.

The soft touch of Yahoo versus the suspected iron fist of Verizon.

Mark Zuckerberg explains why Facebook is moving on from just friendships to community building.

The chatbots came up with their own original and effective responses - including deceptive tactics

Wanna become an Instagram star? Now, you can get a formal education for that. A university in China is offering courses that are meant to equip students with the skills they need for online fame.

A fake social network might be the only thing your smartphone needs. By Ian Bogost.

Why would Zuckerberg want the job of president? Let’s be real: whose future is brighter, the United States’ or Facebook’s? By David V. Johnson.

A security lapse that affected more than 1,000 workers forced one moderator into hiding – and he still lives in constant fear for his safety

Nine-country study finds widespread use of social media for promoting lies, misinformation and propaganda by governments and individuals

In an effort to better cater to newcomers, Twitter once again is redesigning its app across mobile, desktop and the web.

The accused, who belongs to the Shia community, had allegedly posted objectionable content on Facebook.

Thailand has delivered its harshest sentence ever for insulting the monarchy, jailing a man for 35 years. The Bangkok military court sentenced 34-year-old former insurance salesman Vichai Thepwong to 70 years’ imprisonment on 10 counts of lese-majeste, but halved the sentence because he had pleaded guilty. The conviction is the heaviest sentence yet, beating a 30-year sentence handed down in 2015.

100 likes will cost you just $.89.

CNN no longer believes in “Believer,” the non-fiction series it launched earlier this year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American author and religious scholar.

A couple of months ago, I wrote this blog post about the fear (mostly felt by philosophers) that philosophy was disappearing from public debate. I posted it on Reddit – an online space for public debate – and it got the strongest response out of anything I’ve ever written.

A video in Arabic calling for the worship of Allah “with love, not terror” has gone viral on YouTube, with over two million views in four days. Released at the start of Ramadan, it slams terrorists for “filling cemeteries with children.” The video, featuring Hussain Al Jassmi, an Arabic-language singer from the United Arab Emirates, was released on YouTube by Kuwaiti mobile telecommunications company Zain on Friday.

The dictionary is winning the news cycle by tweeting (but not trolling) the Trump administration.

With the evolution of the blogging industry over the last few years, things have changed so much. Gone are the days of going to work for the day, coming home in the evening and blogging. Now we have to keep up to date with Instagram, Instastories, Snapchat, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter along with events, launches and the actual blogging itself! It's a full time job as it is and if you've got an actual full time job like myself, it can all get on top of you.

Share Lab uses flow charts and data analysis to map one of the greatest forces shaping our world - Facebook.

The firing of FBI Director James Comey has reportedly sent morale plunging at an agency already enduring one of its most tumultuous periods in history. Andrew McCabe, who was the FBI’s deputy director, has now become its acting head after Donald Trump ousted Mr Comey earlier this week. Mr McCabe is due to testify before senators.

When Facebook’s new fact-checking system labeled a Newport Buzz article as possible “fake news”, warning users against sharing it, something unexpected happened. Traffic to the story skyrocketed, according to Christian Winthrop, editor of the local Rhode Island website. “A bunch of conservative groups grabbed this and said, ‘Hey, they are trying to silence this blog – share, share share,’” said Winthrop, who published the story that falsely claimed hundreds of thousands of Irish people were brought to the US as slaves. “With Facebook trying to throttle it and say, ‘Don’t share it,’ it actually had the opposite effect.”

Sara Melotti, a photographer based in Indonesia, recently shed light on the competitive environment and revealed the eye-opening tactics being used by some in the community.

Social media support from Eminem has helped raise £2 million in donations for the victims of the Manchester terror attack. The US star, real name Marshall Mathers, tweeted his fans after the attack at Manchester's MEN Arena last Monday to urge them to donate to a JustGiving page set up to help the families of the 22 people killed, and those who were injured.

While debates over the relationship between technology and protest have often degenerated into praise of Facebook revolutions or anti-slacktivism diatribes, this book offers a more productive tension: The technology that helps modern movements organize high-profile protests, Zeynep Tufekci concludes, can also keep them from developing the staying power to achieve their long-term goals. And the leadership principles of contemporary movements aren’t helping much, either.

TNW spoke with Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde about the miserable state of the internet and how we've lost the chance to decentralize it.

Social media is normally a space where quilters share tutorials and advice, but in recent weeks the community has been bitterly divided by a secret society.

A German couple is suing because Facebook won't grant them access to their dead daughter's account. The trial, which began in a Berlin court on Tuesday, touches on the complicated issue of digital legacy.

“13 Reasons Why,” the wildly popular but controversial Netflix show about teen suicide, has touched off a debate among mental health professionals and advocates about media portrayals of suicide and what might be considered “triggering” for teen viewers. And a new study shows that those fears are justified. According to data collected from 32 children’s hospitals across the country, the number of children and teenagers with thoughts of suicide and self-harm being admitted to hospitals is more than two times that of 2008.

There are all sorts of different ways that websites that allow comments have dealt with trollish behavior over the years, but I think the BBC's new policy is the first I've seen in which the organization threatens that it may contact your boss or your school (found via Frank Fisher). The new policy has a short section on "offensive or inappropriate content on BBC websites" where it says the following...

It took only one attempt for Russian hackers to make their way into the computer of a Pentagon official. But the attack didn’t come through an email or a file buried within a seemingly innocuous document. A link, attached to a Twitter post put out by a robot account, promised a family-friendly vacation package for the summer. It was the kind of thing anyone might click on, according to the official hit by the attack, who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.

Pour one out for Imzy, the “nice Reddit” (2015–2017)

An unexpected rain of spiders led to a lovely Twitter geek-out between astronomers and arachnologists. By Ed Yong.

A false report claiming a Russian warplane took out the communications systems of an American warship spread with alarming ease.

Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing.