Social Media
From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, social media platforms are transforming communication and internet culture, even as they raise privacy concerns for users.
Amid the pandemic, lots of people are turning to Nextdoor for help. That’s not always what they find.
And is it helping anyone?
Nearly a year into the pandemic, Facebook now aims to take down misinformation on vaccines overall — not just Covid-19 vaccines.
With one big exception.
The number of active hate groups in the US is falling as they find new places to hide online.
The GameStop squeeze, explained by StockTok.
Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues.
Breaking up companies like Amazon and Facebook has rare bipartisan support but different rationale.
Mike Lindell’s continued false claims of election fraud lost him his account.
“Try and name one thing that girls can like and won’t get made fun of.”
Facebook asked its independent oversight board to decide if it made the right call when it indefinitely suspended Trump.
What happens when the former leader of the free world gets deplatformed? We’re going to find out.
Here are some of the most pervasive election conspiracy theories and false claims being shared on social media around Inauguration Day.
Telegram’s lax content moderation and encrypted chats make it a convenient tool for extremists.
Social media abuse from political figures isn’t just a Trump problem, and banning him won’t solve it.
How law enforcement and internet detectives are identifying the Capitol rioters.
A preliminary page for Parler has come back online, but the full app hasn’t returned.
Soon may a new TikTok trend come.
TikTok is full of dubious personal finance myths. Here are 10 of them, and why you should be wary.
Are Facebook’s efforts to reduce misinformation after the Capitol attack too little, too late?
Trump’s deplatforming has already slowed the spread of election misinformation.
The encrypted messaging app is currently the most downloaded app on both app stores.
The big platforms finally policed Donald Trump. But there’s no one — really — to police the platforms except their owners and employees.
Is this the beginning of a mainstream fat acceptance movement? Or will it be buried by the algorithms?
Republican Section 230 reform is dead. Long live Democratic Section 230 reform.
The social media company is giving you more information about your information.
Last week’s events, according to TikTok.
How Trump blurred the lines between politics and persona in ways that will reverberate for years.
“It’s like a hall of mirrors”: The online far right’s disordered response to the storming of the Capitol.
The largely unmoderated, conservative friendly website is back in the news following insurrection at the Capitol.
Far-right violence got Parler kicked off the internet.
After banning Trump, Twitter turned toward tamping down on the dangerous conspiracy theory.
The company suggested that Trump’s tweets risk further violence during a critical time for democracy.
Facebook and Twitter have been scrambling to limit Trump’s reach after the insurrection on Capitol Hill.
The crowdsourced project finally got its happy ending.
Neither the media nor fact-checkers controlled the online conversation surrounding “misinformation” this year.
The confusion over what happens to Trump’s official White House Twitter accounts, briefly explained.
Mike Troncoso is a former top aide to Kamala Harris, so this move is stirring speculation about a move to the White House.
Something strange is happening with the planets right now, and TikTok is very excited.
Posts that discourage and make fun of Covid-19 vaccination are racking up engagement.