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.
The move comes as false rumors about Covid-19 vaccines are surging online.
This is not a joke. Trump’s old Twitter password was “maga2020!”
An extended pause on political ads had complicated the Senate runoffs.
Walmart wants its workers to be influencers — but only on their own terms.
A Trump administration plan to use celebrities has been scrapped, but other vaccine education campaigns are turning to influencers to boost Covid-19 inoculation.
Experts told Recode it’s possible that Facebook will be forced to sell both apps, but not anytime soon.
What does Bella Poarch’s hypnotizing head-bobbing video says about algorithm-driven entertainment?
The TikTok Room awards might be the future of celebrity fandom.
TikTok’s most famous teen is facing a harsh backlash for dubious reasons.
An artist’s song went viral because everyone hated it. Welcome to Cringe TikTok.
Democrats are paying attention after a surprising number of Latino voters in swing states supported Trump.
Teens on TikTok are creating a new visual language, one that involves nose scrunches, fish lips, and plenty of irony.
The company that’s famous for being a public platform is trying something more private.
President Obama loved the internet. Now he has second thoughts.
Surprise! The Trump administration doesn’t seem serious about banning TikTok after all.
A politician was accused of using a fake burner account for a gay Black Trump supporter. That’s when things got weird.
America’s polarization problem is bigger than we thought it would be.
Plus, will the internet go back to being normal now?
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are bracing for more misinformation.
The only escape from the longest week in history was memes.
Videos questioning the election results are racking up hundreds of thousands of views.
Stop the Steal gained more than 350,000 members on Facebook in less than a day.
False claims, retweeted by the president, about the Michigan vote tabulation exploited a counting error that’s been resolved.
Democrats have worried that Trump would declare a premature victory via social media.
Researchers worry it will add to widespread distrust in the voting process.
YouTube memes are a big part of the president’s Election Day push.
Plus, the guy terrorizing TikTok with “I ain’t never seen two pretty best friends.”
Wikipedia has a longstanding reputation for inaccuracy. It may no longer be deserved.
The company says it has mostly fixed the “technical problems” that prevented some Biden and Trump ads from running.
Despite antitrust investigations and a recession, Big Tech is doing great.
We took a closer look at the unproven claims lawmakers made about Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
In the end, the Section 230 hearing didn’t have much to do with Section 230.
On Tuesday, the president yet again spread misleading information about voting on Twitter and Facebook.
Plus, Sasha Obama? On TikTok?!
Want to see how polarized America is? Look no further than Nextdoor.
You can now complain to the board about Facebook taking down your posts.
Andrew Marantz on Facebook, tech ideology, and the spread of hate on the internet.
Trump wants the FCC to help him rewrite Section 230, the law that protects the internet as we know it. But the agency isn’t that powerful.
Plus, the cheesy dystopian YA novel your 12-year-old self definitely would have had a poster of.
Scrutiny over a New York Post article is reviving accusations of anti-conservative bias at social media companies.