Social Media

Facebook has several ideas in mind for how to better serve teens and protect them from known harms of social media, after a former employee disclosed documents showing that the company had been aware of how a significant percentage of young users face negative effects from using Instagram, which Facebook owns.

Forbes has released its 40th annual list of the 400 wealthiest people across the world and the majority are Americans.

Facebook acknowledged that some users were unable to access its platforms on Friday afternoon, days after an outage knocked the social media company’s services offline for several hours.

New York congressional candidate Desi Cuellar (R) discusses why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is so popular and his campaign platform.

Jason Miller reacts to Facebook's downfall and the latest Time Magazine cover which spotlights the company's reckoning.

Twitter announced that it is testing out a new feature that warns users when a conversation might become "intense."

Snapchat said Thursday it is ramping up efforts to identify and remove drug dealers from its platform, days after federal officials warned that counterfeit pills laced with deadly fentanyl were widely available for sale on social media apps.

Facebook has faced mounting pressure from Congressional lawmakers due to a series of scandals regarding its business practices in recent years, but the negative publicity hasn’t prevented the social media giant from generating massive revenue.

For many parents, revelations this week from whistleblower Frances Haugen showing internal Facebook studies of the harms of Instagram for teenagers only intensified concerns about the popular photo-sharing app.

An attorney for Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said Wednesday there was still “more to come” regarding her revelations about the company’s purported failure to address the harmful effects of its platforms.

Facebook will reportedly conduct "reputational reviews" of its existing products as the company has been accused of harming children, stoking division and weakening democracy.

George Farmer says he's questioning Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen's motives due to her Democratic Party donation records.