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.
Former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is among those lining up to buy TikTok if Congress enacts a law that forces its Chinese owner to sell.
The app skews younger, its users appear more politically polarized, and its user base is changing.
The US House passed a bill that could ban the social video app, but sending TikTok into the ether won’t make social media any safer
It’s one of two cases asking whether the government is allowed to speak freely to private companies.
Those Tumblr, Reddit, and WordPress posts you never thought would see the light of day? Yep, them too.
The justices look likely to reinstate Texas and Florida laws that seize control of much of the internet — but not for long.
We’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism.
TikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil.
Why Taylor Swift, Drake, and Bad Bunny have been muted on TikTok dance videos.
In two decades the behemoth social media platform has made a lot of money and brought in a lot of users — and made life worse for a lot of people.
An expert explains what TikTok’s true love litmus test is really all about.
Starbucks’s messy December, explained.
A YouTuber’s deep dive on plagiarism tries to make viewers care when creators steal content.
Reed O’Connor is one of the most unapologetic Republican partisans in the entire federal judiciary.
Americans are having smaller families. Why are we obsessed with large ones?
The hive mind of the internet is good, for once.
Meta knows its platforms are harming children, whistleblower Arturo Béjar says. What now?
The justices appear to have no idea when they should get involved with online disputes between government officials and their constituents.
Shadowbanning and the Israel-Hamas war, explained.
The justices risk miring the entire federal judiciary in the content moderation wars.
Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is easy to find online. Here’s how to avoid spreading it.
Europe’s probe into harmful content on X about the Israel-Hamas war tests a new law that could reshape the internet.
Castor oil won’t dissolve cysts and tumors. Some creators on TikTok Shop are earning commissions by suggesting otherwise.
Social media is our public diary — and it’s only getting more intimate.
Hungry for money, hackers in Vietnam have hacked into thousands of Meta accounts.
A rogue federal court effectively put the Republican Party in charge of social media, and now the justices have to deal with this mess.
The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.
A new study shows how anti-vaxxers quickly regroup when Facebook removes vaccine misinformation.
The new Shop feature appears to be transforming the entire app experience.
“A place to make fun of what you see on TV” is less compelling than “the global town square.” But it’s more accurate.
How fancy chefs and the Food Network became the old guard of food media.
The borax challenge is spreading to Facebook now, too.
Grieving a loss, when the loss is the hell-bird site you weren’t supposed to love.
Elon Musk is moving one step closer to his grand plan for a super app.
A court has temporarily stopped a judge’s order forbidding the White House from contacting social media companies from taking effect.
Musk promised a while ago Twitter would share ad revenue with creators. Now the company is actually doing it.
What Keke Palmer, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Jonah Hill tell us about how we talk about gender online.
With 100 million users, Mark Zuckerberg is already winning his fight against Elon Musk — at least in the cage match that is social media.
Instagram’s new copycat app is nowhere near as fun as Twitter. Can anything be?
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter alternative is going live.