Social Media

Facebook Acknowledges an Anti-Spam Bug Is Blocking Coronavirus News

Users are complaining that links to news stories and information related to...

Users are complaining that links to news stories and information related to the virus is being blocked by the company's automated system

A traveler in a face mask uses a laptop computer at the Sheremetyevo International Airport.

How Social Media Is Shaping Our Fears of — and Response to — the Coronavirus

Disinformation and anxiety is widespread online — but there are helpers, to...

Disinformation and anxiety is widespread online — but there are helpers, too

Facebook to Ban Ads for Medical Face Masks to Prevent Exploitation During COVID-19 Spread

Some public health officials have urged people to stop buying masks

When a Teenager Reportedly Invented a Fake Congressional Candidate, Twitter Verified the Made Up Politician's Account

Twitter verified an account for a fake congressional candidate

Terms Like ‘OK Boomer’ Are Hard to Define. This Dictionary Is Trying To Do It Anyway

Dictionaries usually wait years before writing about a new word so that its...

Dictionaries usually wait years before writing about a new word so that its meaning has time to settle

Disloyal man with his girlfriend looking at another girl

'I Wish We Could Connect on This Level.' Memes Still Aren't Accessible to People Who Are Blind. What's Being Done About It?

If you’ve spent a lot of time on the internet in the last decade, you might...

If you’ve spent a lot of time on the internet in the last decade, you might immediately recognize this description: a toddler clenches his fist in front of a determined-looking face. “Success kid” is one...

The New Vine Successor Byte Is Already Beating TikTok in the App Store

Byte, a new video-sharing app released Friday to compete with ByteDance’s T...

Byte, a new video-sharing app released Friday to compete with ByteDance’s TikTok, has rocketed to the top of Apple’s U.S. App Store. Created by Dom Hofmann, Byte reboots the deprecated Vine video-sharing service, which he...