Social media has irrevocably altered the way we communicate. While the ease of connecting over social media can be an advantage, many people experience ‘social media fatigue’ where they are overwhelmed by the constant stream of content and contact.

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to abandon Truth Social, the destitute social media platform he created after Twitter and Facebook kicked him off their sites. But in recent months, both Twitter and Facebook have welcomed him back. That’s bad news for Truth Social which, like all social media platforms, makes its money on holding users’ attention long enough to show them ads.

Reddit is letting go of staff in community management and other teams, as several other major tech companies lay off employees.

Currently, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other apps are failing democracy as they tend to be a source of misinformation and mistrust.

Your For You page isn’t entirely automated.

Do you scroll through TikTok as a form of entertainment? While it may seem like a harmless activity, a study published in Body Image suggests that TikTok usage is related to body dissatisfaction, appearance comparison, and body surveillance.

Twitter has quietly updated its developer agreement to make clear that app makers are no longer permitted to create their own clients.

The pilot initially began last year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine by labeling state-controlled media in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus.

In the words of SpongeBob SquarePants, it’s time to use your imagination. One user on TikTok is sharing a theory about the characters on Nickelodeon’s hit cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants” — and viewers are shook.

Seattle's public school district filed a lawsuit against Big Tech claiming that the companies were responsible for a worsening mental health crisis among students and directly affected the schools' ability to carry out their educational mission.

More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app.

Wisconsin and North Carolina have joined at least 22 other states in banning the popular social media app TikTok on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana and South Dakota.

Lawsuit accuses companies behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube of harming young people’s mental health

Normalize not making content out of random strangers.

DISGRACED influencer Andrew Tate allegedly bragged about stealing the passports of women he recruited for his camgirl business so they couldn’t escape, a new witness told The Sun. According to the witness, the former Big Brother contestant’s brother Tristan also introduced him to a very young-looking girl who he claimed to be in a sexual relationship with, gleefully boasting: “Guess how old she is... She’s 16 bro!”

As 2023 begins, open up the most-downloaded charts for free apps on iOS and Google and you’ll find TikTok where it usually is: on top. The video-centric social app currently ranks No. 3 overall in both stores, trailing only a shopping app and mood diary (on Android) and a to-do app and video editor (on iOS). That video editing app is CapCut, by the way, and it is also developed by ByteDance; CapCut is an app for making TikTok videos.

Teens who frequently checked social media showed an increasing sensitivity to peer feedback, although the cause of the changes was not clear.

Social media firms in spotlight after allowing conspiracy theories that could affect human-trafficking investigation into ‘king of toxic masculinity’ in Romania

Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action

The fact that Logan Paul is a celebrity and so many people follow him tells us a lot about the things wrong with humanity today. The generously labeled ‘Grifter’ has been banking on Controversy as currency from his early Vine days, to whatever scam he is trying to pull right now. Thankfully, people like youtuber Coffeezilla have spoken out against him.