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

President Donald Trump slammed North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Twitter on Monday after the country’s latest missile test. Trump, who has previously praised Kim as a “smart cookie,” also asked a question: “Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?” Well, the president asked... and the denizens of Twitter had an immediate response, with thousands of replies within minutes.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

A man trying to help a lost toddler find her parents was misidentified as a kidnapper on social media over the weekend, according to police in Lakeland, Florida, prompting him to leave town in fear for his safety and the safety of his family.

How’s your community doing these days? Would you describe it as healthy? What would it even mean to attach the word “health” to an online community?

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The social network will prevent intimate images being reposted after they have been identified.

Brace Belden became a radical icon when he went to take up arms against terrorists, build a socialist utopia, and tweet jokes about the revolution. By Reeves Wiedeman.

Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing.

The airline said the plane wouldn't take off until four people volunteered, according to one witness.

The suspect has claimed to have committed multiple other homicides, but police say 'there are no other victims that we know of.'

Facebook has agreed to send a delegation to Pakistan to help the government in its crackdown on online blasphemy, reported Radio Pakistan. An interior ministry spokesman said the social media giant has nominated a focal person to contact the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) over the matter. “The government has received a written reply from the Facebook administration stating that they are fully aware of Pakistan's concerns over blasphemous content and they are ready to solve the matter with consultation and dialogue,” he added.

In computer-mediated communication, you would expect that because there aren’t many opportunities to signal irony and provide cues, like gestures or facial expressions, you would expect that people avoid it. But they don’t. The internet speaks for itself on this point, but research also backs it up: In 2004, Stanford communications professor Jeff Hancock published a study in the Journal of Language in Social Psychology suggesting that people may use sarcasm more frequently online than they do in face-to-face interaction. Sarcasm is alive and well online; that much is obvio

The tech world just witnessed a robbery. The heist was so brazen you kind of had to admire it, even if it was pulled off with all the grace of a gas station stickup. Facebook barged into Snapchat’s happy Venice Beach, Calif., mansion, took a solid inventory of the goods, then lifted the crown jewels. First a version of Stories, the fun slide-show format that Snapchat created, appeared last year on Instagram, owned by Facebook. Then Snapchat’s features made their way to WhatsApp and Messenger, Facebook’s chat apps. A couple of weeks ago they got to the big leagues — Facebook’s main app — and the heist was complete.

No one wants murder videos on Facebook. But no one wants Facebook to censor their baby videos, either.

Tencent is using its social networks, WeChat and QQ, and video games to build an entertainment juggernaut.

In a landmark bout of activity, the Federal Trade Commission has announced that it is, in fact, watching celebrities, athletes, and other influencers on Instagram.

Online commenters have praised an anonymous hacker's efforts to disrupt the Islamic State militant group's social media accounts by filling them with gay porn. The hacker, who goes by the name WachulaGhost, started targeting the Isis accounts after being deeply affected by the notorious shooting at the Orlando Pulse nightclub in Florida in 2016, in which 49 people were killed and 53 wounded. Isis later claimed responsibility for the massacre, carried out by US citizen Omar Mateen.

Mark Zuckerberg now acknowledges the dangerous side of the social revolution he helped to start. But is the most powerful tool for connection in human history capable of adapting to the world it created?

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.

Google has promised to alter its search results to punish websites promoting extreme views, conspiracy theories and fake news.

The anonymous social app is finally shutting down.

Social media firms are "shamefully far" from tackling illegal and dangerous content, says a parliamentary report. Hate speech, terror recruitment videos and sexual images of children all took too long to be removed, said the Home Affairs Select Committee report. The government should consider making the sites help pay to police content, it said. But a former Facebook executive told the BBC the report "bashes companies" but offers few real solutions.