Social media giant said the move was backed by anti-bullying and mental health groups

Reddit warned moderators of "repeated policy violations."

Lessons from the success of a different sort of tech titan

Where is front-end development heading in 2021? Jay Freestone examines trends and technologies that will shape web development this year.

In 1995, a WIRED cofounder challenged a Luddite-loving doomsayer to a prescient wager on tech and civilization’s fate. Now their judge weighs in.

The year ahead may represent a period for the podcast space less tumultuous than that of 2020, a year when many brands paused ad spending to weather the initial damage of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Rumors swirling around 2016 Wikileaks dump was glue that held "Pizzagate" together.

Trump’s false claims about the election and coronavirus are taking a dangerous toll. Can the divide be healed?

A group of psychologists in the Netherlands have discovered that we have a tendency to gradually close ourselves off when dating online.

A detailed analysis of the yearly pirate site traffic trends shows that visitors from search engines dropped by roughly a third.

What does the social web's growth mean for the open web?

The platform was a haven for communities deemed too racist or hateful for Reddit.

The year 2020 straddles the massive gap between the company Facebook projects itself to be and the one defined by its IRL actions.

Turning the reassuring line for children into a meme for adults should make everyone uncomfortable.

Multilevel-marketing companies rely on social media for recruiting. TikTok just became the first major platform to ban it.

The hottest app of early 2010 faded quickly when it was flooded with unwanted nudity. Smarter content moderation is helping to revive it.

After a pandemic year that pushed more of life online, the idea of spending even more time on the internet doesn't sound so crazy anymore.

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Turns out what's good for the world is bad for Mark Zuckerberg’s bottom line.

Ryan’s World ‘child influencer’ also made estimated $200m from branded toys and clothing