Social Media

Online giants including Facebook and Google have started cracking down on what they consider “fake news.” Online advertisement services, including some beyond those owned by Google and Facebook, are rejecting ads for news outlets that are deemed to violate rules on “hate speech.” Twitter has also begun to ban accounts of users it associates with the vaguely defined group […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Some Facebook users received an unsettling shock Friday, when an unexplained glitch caused the social networking service to post a notice that implied they were dead. A number of Facebook users reported that their profile page on the social network was topped with a message that referred to them by name — as if […]

LeBron James has elicited negative feedback after posting a picture on his Instagram page showing a friend in an O.J. Simpson costume. “OJ will be in the building tonight! #YouGotTheJuiceNow,” James captioned. The picture is of Cleveland Cavaliers’ scout Brandon Weems in a USC football uniform with Simpson’s old number, 32. He is also seen […]

An Australian teen who was reported missing on Sept. 18 has been found after revealing her whereabouts on Facebook. As Queensland police sought the public’s help in locating 17-year-old Erian Thompson on social media, Thompson solved her own case by responding to the post with her current location—her bedroom. “Guys I’m fine I’m not missing this is […]

In today’s ever-changing world the amount of information or content published via blogs is the millions on a daily basis, according to Worldometers.info. Once upon a time, blogging was considered a form of journaling or documenting personal thoughts on a homepage. Nowadays, blogging comes in a variety of formats and different types of readers subscribe […]

Facebook apparently has its own determination for users’ political leanings, based on their activity on the website: liberal, conservative, or moderate. This information was made easier to find with its new ad preference tool. To find out what Facebook thinks your political leanings are, go to www.facebook.com/ads/preferences. After that, click on the “Lifestyle and culture” […]

Children are learning more anger and hostility, and less fairness and humility through social media, concerned parents say.

It may be inside a protest rally, or in front of a deadly shooting. Smartphones, video and social media are empowering citizens to tell their stories like never before.

The first black Miss Alabama, Kalyn Chapman James, is under fire for describing the man who shot five Dallas police officers as a “martyr.” In a Facebook video posted on Sunday, James said she doesn’t want to “feel this way” about the shooter, identified as Micah X. Johnson. “My heart weeps” but she’s dealing with […]

The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood of online images and statements about suffering and enslavement at the hands of the extremist organization.

NEW YORK—Facebook has once again tweaked the formula it uses to decide what people will see in their news feed — and this time, it’s personal. The social media giant says it updated the news feed so that people will see more posts from their friends and family and not, say, the by New York […]

After missing a penalty kick and losing the Copa America final at the Metlife stadium in New Jersey on June 26, soccer superstar Lionel Messi hinted he’ll be hanging up his Argentine jersey for good.

Democrats continued to hold a sit-in on the House Floor by the afternoon of June 23, but it may not have a big impact on gun control.

A veteran who found a note on her windshield saying she should “learn to read & have some respect” after she parked in a designated veteran’s spot, has received a handwritten apology letter. The initial note blasted Rebecca Landis Hayes, who then posted it on Facebook with a reply saying she served 8 years in the U.S. Navy. “I’m […]

Many people will have heard of LinkedIn: the social networking site aimed at professionals looking for a platform for business networking. Many more will have found it irritating—jokes abound on the subject of how hard it is to get the site to stop sending you emails. To these people particularly, but not exclusively, it will […]

Digital technology has dramatically reshaped the news and media industries in the past decade. We’ve left behind a world where established news brands could rely on reaching large audiences and hence secure advertising revenues. Now there is huge uncertainty about business models, even as digital gives consumers more convenient access to news than ever before. […]

Dana Lee Calabrese of Hollywood, California, was walking to dinner on April 30 when suddenly a homeless man collapsed in the middle of the street—right front of her. She and her cousin, Jackie Lezette, called 911, while a young man and woman carried the man out of the street. They all waited for the ambulance […]

As people mirror their lives through social media more and more, Facebook is trying to use its vast reach to help stem the tide of suicides beleaguering communities worldwide.  With 1.09 billion daily active as of March, 2016—90 percent of whom access the site via mobile phone—Facebook has access to billions of comments, photos, and reactions.  Now, if someone posts […]

Almost 33 million Twitter accounts have been hacked and the data posted online for sale, according to leakedsource.com. The data was posted on dark web, closed-off part of internet where illicit operations often take place, by user “[email protected]” The data includes user names, emails, sometimes secondary emails, and Twitter passwords. “We have very strong evidence that […]

iaIn their 1998 song Destiny Calling, British indie band James combined a satirical glance at the contemporary nature of media celebrity with a sense of the more mundane and ordinary: the grim inevitability of getting old. Tim Booth and the rest of the band are happily still with us, but our relationship with the stars […]