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 ...

A federal appeals court will hear arguments on a Florida law restricting minors' social media access, challenged as a First Amendment violation.

Researchers at the University at Albany and Rutgers University have developed an early-warning framework that can predict ...

Every time you scroll, like, or share on a social media platform, an algorithm is watching, learning, and deciding what you ...

Social media is often blamed for stoking violence. But it can play a positive role by drawing attention to atrocities – both ...

India is discussing age-based social media restrictions with social media companies, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Tuesday. Any crackdown in India, a country of 1.4 billion people, could have a ...

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, ...

There is little evidence that the amount of time young people spend on social media is linked to later mental health issues, according to a new study. Research following more than 3,000 young people ...

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 ...

Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16 years of age amidst a ...

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...