After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury is listening to closing arguments before heading to the delibera ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has ...

Tal Hagin, an open-source intelligence analyst based in Israel, compiles misinformation and shares his findings on X daily. He said he’s seen people recycling footage of Iranian missile strikes in ...

Spain will launch a tool to measure hate speech on digital platforms as ​part of a broader strategy to increase ‌oversight of social media companies, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday.

Another two women received visas, taking the total to seven, amid fears they could be in danger after they did not sing Iran's anthem before a game.

Meta, the company behind some of the world’s most popular social media platforms, just scooped up a new site – for bots.

Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral social media platform for artificial intelligence agents, the company confirmed Tuesday. The deal brings Moltbook CEO Matt Schlicht and COO Ben Parr into Meta ...

The government is currently considering an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK, and has highlighted infinite scrolling as a feature which "drives addictive or compulsive use".

President Trump's media company, which is merging with a fusion energy player, is exploring whether to spin off Trump Social as a publicly traded concern.

A disinformation detection company suspects that she has been coordinating with MAGA influencers to boost her political messages.

An expert witness in a case brought by a California woman against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, testified that the design features of its social media apps are addictive, ...

The world's biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening statements in one such trial ...