Social Media

No, it's not just you. More than 18,000 Facebook users reported a possible outage, according to Downdetector.

Twitter said it has been working with the National Archives on the preservation of tweets from Trump’s personal account, @realDonaldTrump, but said the content will not be housed on its platform given he was permanently banned.

This Austin mom went viral on TikTok for revealing she's the muse of the popular late-2000s pop-punk anthem "Dear Maria, Count Me In" by All Time Low.

Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers.

A bill making its way through the Florida Legislature would expand penalties for written threats to include social media posts.

Thirty-one percent of American adults admit to near-constant use of the internet, according to a new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center.

As malicious conspiracy theories continue to spread, lawmakers are pounding the social media companies over their market dominance, harvesting of user data and practices that some believe actually encourage the spread of engaging but potentially harmful misinformation.

After being banned from social media for “inciting violence” ahead of the Jan. 6 riot, a senior adviser to former president Donald Trump says Trump has plans to make a comeback online by creating his own social media platform.

In a statement, Facebook said “a technical issue” caused people to have trouble accessing some apps and that it had been resolved.

Match Group, whose brands include Tinder, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Hinge, Pairs, PlentyOfFish, and OurTime, will begin allowing users to seek background checks for people they meet on all of the company’s dating apps.

The dating app is giving 1,000 free mail-in tests to 500 Tinder matches.

Facebook said Monday it will add labels to all posts about COVID-19 vaccines containing “credible information” from the World Health Organization.

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. But problems abound.

Not seeing the number of likes on your Instagram? You're not alone.

Illinois Facebook users may be entitled to at least $345 each after a federal judge approved a $650 million settlement in a lawsuit over Facebook's photo-tagging technology dating back to 2015.

YouTube removed videos from Rudy Giuliani’s account after he posted content that suggested election fraud as well as “content facilitating the use of nicotine,” a spokesperson said Monday.

Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money — both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people.