Social Media

Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources. Journal tests show YouTube usually ends up first and takes most of the slots in Google Search video carousels, prime results real estate.

Twitter adds labels to misleading posts on the website that lead users to more information.

Facebook partners with independent, third-party fact-checkers to help identify, rate and label misinformation.

Dr. Nicole Saphier breaks down the coronavirus lockdown's most notorious bad habits including drinking and binge eating and how Americans can overcome them.

A former Florida insurance agent is asking the public to "not take 15 seconds of my life and turn me into a demon," he told the Fort Myers News-Press.

According to the lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court by Adam Bauer, LinkedIn reads the Clipboard information without notifying the user.

Gab.com is a social media website founded on the premise of promoting free speech.

Amazon mistakenly sent an email to employees Friday asking them to delete TikTok off their phones due to "security concerns."

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has donated $3 million of his wealth to 16 mayors supporting a UBI program.

Facebook has resolved a technical issue that led to multiple app outages on Thursday and Friday.

Video game celebrity Tyler "Ninja" Blevins said Thursday that he is quitting TikTok over security concerns.

Fashion company Shein has issued an apology for its Metal Swastika Pendant Necklace, which has sparked outrage online.

ByteDance Ltd is considering changing the corporate structure of its popular short-video app TikTok, as it comes under increasing scrutiny in its biggest markets over its Chinese ties.

WeChat, which boasts 1 billion users, is also known as Weixin, which means "micro message." Tencent is the Chinese tech company that runs WeChat.