AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualize social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online ...

The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk’s X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly ...

A new study has revealed how social media creators are turning anger into entertainment, and what that means for public debate. Research by Dr. Nicholas John from the University of Manchester and Dr.

Content creators serve at the pleasure of a system few people seem to understand. “That’s the secret everyone wants to know,” ...

Researchers at the Cybersafety Research Center found that more than half of social media child safety protections don’t work ...

In recent weeks, social media users have beheld a steady stream of seemingly organic viral moments throughout their feeds: a ...

From YouTube to "Ghost Runs" to smart home control: First developer apps expand the possibilities of the Meta Ray-Ban Display.

A jury on Wednesday found that Meta and YouTube are liable for creating products that led to harmful and addictive behavior by young users, a landmark decision that could set a legal precedent for ...

The U.K. is rolling out a trial social media ban for hundreds of teenagers. The trial will see restrictions ranging from curfews to time caps on certain popular apps like Instagram, TikTok, and ...

Do you doomscroll? If so, you’re not alone. One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media feeds—and millennials and Gen ...

Account manager Matt Richards, 23, deleted all his social media apps from his phone last year, and was surprised to find that his life changed for the better. Richards had been using a smartphone ...