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Twitter owner Elon Musk might have a new way to solve his App Store problem: just charge iOS users 30 percent extra for a Twitter Blue subscription.

Elon Musk’s Ingenious Plan to Avoid Apple’s 30% Fee: Charge 30% More

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's astronaut social media handbook just dropped — and they've got some staunch guidelines for safely tweeting on the ISS.

NASA Tells Astronauts That Tweeting Isn’t As Important as Staying Alive

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter is somehow going even worse than expected amid reports that he's locked employees out of the company's office buildings.

Elon Musk Locks Twitter Employees Out Office, Then Asks Them to Meet Him on the 10th Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

Conviction is easy if you're surrounded by a bunch of yes men — which Mark Zuckerberg just might be. And $15 billion down the line, that may not bode well.

Former Facebook Exec Says Zuckerberg Has Surrounded Himself With Sycophants

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

According to a new report, TikTok is absolutely terrible at filtering out harmful misinformation and disinformation regarding elections and politics.

Research Confirms TikTok Is a Cesspool of Misinformation

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Bad news for social media stans: researchers have compelling reasons to believe that using these apps may be making you depressed.

Health & Medicine

Surprise, Surprise: Social Media Use Strongly Linked to Depression

By Noor Al-Sibai

A social media trend where people cook chicken that's been marinated in NyQuil has caused the FDA to step in and say "stop."

FDA Warns Americans to Stop Cooking Chicken in NyQuil

By Frank Landymore

The Pentagon is reportedly to conduct an audit of the US military's social media PSYOP practices, following the removal of several fake bot accounts.

US Military Annoyed When Facebook and Twitter Removed Its PSYOP Bots

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In an effort to bolster tourism, Tanzania just finished building the first installments of a high-speed internet network at Mount Kilimanjaro.

Africa’s Tallest Mountain Gets High Speed Internet So Tourists Can Post Selfies

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The magnificent, planetary orb was just a piece of Spanish chorizo, and the physicist has since had to make a public apology for causing any confusion.

Physicist Apologizes for Fooling Public Into Thinking a Picture of Chorizo Was a Star

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

RadioShack — the once-bankrupt strip mall electronics stable which from death returneth to unlikely crypto trader — has chosen chaos.

RadioShack Is Tweeting About Drugs and Unusual Sexual Acts, for Some Reason

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It sounds like Sheryl Sandberg, the outgoing COO of Meta, might have left the social media giant for more complicated reasons than she initially let on.

There May Be a Secret Reason Sheryl Sandberg Is Leaving Facebook

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Have you ever looked up from scrolling social media your phone and realized hours have passed without you noticing? Then you're very, very much not alone.

Health & Medicine

Relatable! Scientists Say You Likely Enter a “Dissociative State” While Scrolling Social Media

By Noor Al-Sibai

It's official: Twitter has agreed to allow a takeover by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest person in the world.

Twitter Agrees to Elon Musk Takeover

By Victor Tangermann

NASA accidentally tweeted and then deleted a photo of a model in a pink bikini and a link to a Bloomberg story about fashion giant Shein.

NASA Accidentally Posts Bikini Picture

By Lonnie Lee Hood

An AI artist who moonlights as a parody account of the uber-popular @dril account reminds us that online can still be fun.

Artificial Intelligence

Welcome to “Robot Hell”! Meet the Deranged Genius Who Created an AI Version of @Dril

By Noor Al-Sibai

Donald Trump is angry… again. This time, it’s because no one seems to be using his glitchy, lame Twitter wannabe app Truth Social.

Donald Trump Reportedly Furious That Nobody’s Using His Glitchy Twitter Clone

By Tony Ho Tran

DARE, the drug education program started in the 80s, told TMZ this week that Euphoria is glamorizing drugs and wants to collab with HBO on its message.

DARE, Which Apparently Still Exists, Is Furious at a TV Show for Dumb Reasons

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Donald Trump Beaten to @DonaldTrump on His Own Social Media Site

By Tony Ho Tran

A Colombian artist is selling NFTs of "cocaine" and finding that some of his biggest opposition isn’t law enforcement — but rather social media platforms.

Instagram Threatens to Delete Artist’s Account for Selling NFTs of Cocaine

By Tony Ho Tran

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization

Science & Energy

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization

By Jon Christian

After news emerged that John McAfee died of a suspected suicide in his jail cell in Barcelona, Spain, his official Instagram account made a post.

John McAfee’s Instagram Posted Something After He Died

By Victor Tangermann

A growing body of scientific evidence suggests there may be a link between social media use and depression, NPR reports. Facebook disagrees.

Scientists Say There’s a Clear Link Between Facebook and Depression

By Victor Tangermann

The rats that survive eradication attempts could have sickly offspring — or they could produce "super rats" that are even harder to kill.

Study: Social Media Turns Us Into Hungry Rats Basically

By Tony Ho Tran

Social media giant Twitter announced on Friday evening that it was "permanently" suspending the account of embattled U.S. president Donald Trump.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account

By Jon Christian

Facebook's former head of monetization says that his former employer, like big tobacco companies, worked to make its product as addictive as possible.

Former Employee: We Made Facebook as Addictive as Cigarettes on Purpose

By Jon Christian

According to digital forensics expert Hany Farid, the pandemic and BLM movement are even higher priorities for disinformation campaigns than the election.

Expert: Online Disinfo Now Targeting COVID-19, Black Lives Matter

By Dan Robitzski

Social media has made it easier than ever to effortlessly connect with friends, share photos, and rapidly propagate misinformation.

Health & Medicine

Study: Social Media Users More Likely to Be Misinformed About Vaccines

After a man livestreamed his suicide on TikTok, the company spent three hours crafting its PR response before contacting the police.

TikTok Waited Three Hours to Tell Cops About Livestreamed Suicide

By Kristin Houser

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

Developing: Coronavirus Catches Influencers

By Foster Kamer

A group calling itself OurMine hacked the official social media accounts of the National Football League and 15 NFL teams.

Hacker Group Seizes Twitter, Facebook Accounts of 15 NFL Teams

By Kristin Houser

Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered major security flaws in TikTok, which was already under intense scrutiny by the U.S. government.

Researchers Find Major Security Flaws in Popular App TikTok

By Kristin Houser

Australia's New South Wales police force has charged 24 arsonists for deliberately starting bushfires contributing to the nation's ongoing emergency.

Science & Energy

Australia Arrests Dozens for Starting Bushfires on Purpose

By Kristin Houser

The United States Navy bans its members from using short video sharing app TikTok on their government-issued mobile devices.

Navy Bans TikTok, Calling It a “Cybersecurity Threat”

By Kristin Houser

A bizarre plot to steal a domain name at gunpoint has earned Instagram influencer Rossi Lorathio Adams II a 14-year prison sentence.

Man Behind Plot to Steal a Domain at Gunpoint Is Headed to Prison

By Kristin Houser

Twitter is set to begin doing some spring cleaning and delete accounts that are inactive for longer than six months. That includes accounts of dead people.

Twitter Plans to Delete Dead People’s Accounts, Prompting Outrage

By Victor Tangermann

Militants for the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS, are using the social media video app TikTok to spread propaganda.

ISIS Is Using TikTok to Spread Propaganda

By Victor Tangermann

A cyberstalker used a reflection in his target's eye in a selfie to determine her location, and then went to her house and attacked her.

Cyberstalker Locates Victim by Enhancing Reflection in Her Eye

By Kristin Houser

Chinese-owned video social media sharing app TikTok is accused of censoring its user's content surrounding protests against in the government in Hong Kong.

China Appears to Be Censoring Hong Kong Protests From TikTok

By Natalie Coleman

British fishmonger Rex Goldsmith found that Instagram was censoring his photos for featuring "offensive content" twice in two weeks.

Instagram Keeps Accidentally Flagging Fish Photos as Offensive

By Kristin Houser

YouTube influencers feel constant pressure to churn out content, prompting some — including Christine Sydelko — to give up the gig.

YouTube Influencers Are Mentally Collapsing From Stress

By Kristin Houser

Dealers are using Snapchat and other social media platforms to sell illegal guns — and it's getting them caught by federal agents.

Dealers Are Using Snapchat to Sell Illegal Guns

By Kristin Houser

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry shared a chainmeme to his Instagram and Twitter feeds, apparently unaware that it was a hoax.

Instagram Hoax Fools Department of Energy Head Rick Perry

By Kristin Houser

To help us detect deepfakes, researchers are training mice to listen for the kinds of speech irregularities that can crop up in faked audio.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Say Mice Could Detect Deepfakes. Seriously.

By Kristin Houser

A leaked executive order draft would put Facebook and Twitter social media content moderation under the purview of the FCC to stamp out perceived bias.

Leaked Executive Order Would Let US Gov Control Social Media

By Dan Robitzski

In response to two mass shootings, Trump says social media companies should spot mass shooters before they commit and violent crimes.

Trump: Social Media Companies Should Spot Mass Shooters in Advance

By Dan Robitzski

A new bill seeks to ban addictive website and social media features like autoplaying videos, endlessly-scrolling timelines, and other deceptive designs.

Congress May Ban “Addictive” Website Features Like Autoplay Videos

By Dan Robitzski

Facebook's former head of security wants to build an "internet observatory" to monitor harassment. The idea is to build out the tool for academics to use.

Stanford Built an “Internet Observatory” to Monitor Abuse

By Dan Robitzski

Leaked NYPD documents reveal the police department's strategy for building public trust through funny social media posts.

Leaked NYPD Documents Instruct Cops to Be Funny Online

By Dan Robitzski

The FaceApp aging filter may be a viral sensation right now, but earlier versions of the smartphone app were incredibly racist.

Earlier Versions of FaceApp Were Incredibly Racist

By Kristin Houser

Facebooks is changing how it ranks "miracle cures" and unproven medical treatments — but will it be enought to stem the medical misinformation tide?

Facebook Is Finally Fighting Its Pseudoscience “Miracle Cure” Content Problem

By Kristin Houser

The White House plans to host a social media summit on July 11, but so far, none of the expected invitees have commented on the event.

Trump Slams Tech Titans, White House Announces Social Media Summit

By Kristin Houser

Young people are getting plastic surgery in the hopes of looking more like the heavily filtered photos of themselves they share on social media.

Health & Medicine

Doctors Say Selfies Are Pushing More Teens to Get Plastic Surgery

By Kristin Houser

US Gov Now Collecting Social Media Handles of Visa Applicants

US Gov Now Collecting Social Media Handles of Visa Applicants

By Kristin Houser

Gianluca Vacchi is suing E*Trade because he believes the company created a "clone" of his persona to use in a 2017 commercial.

Lawsuit Claims Advertiser Created “Clone” of Instagram Influencer

By Kristin Houser

A social media entrepreneur could spend the next 20 years in prison because he paid someone to try to steal a domain name at gunpoint.

Someone Used a Gun to Try to Steal a Domain Name

By Kristin Houser

In the wake of a deadly terrorist attack, the government of Sri Lanka bans social media platforms, leaving some unable to communicate with their loved ones.

Sri Lanka Temporarily Bans Social Media Following Terror Attacks

By Kristin Houser

The collective attention span of humanity is getting shorter as the internet and technology bring us a near-constant supply of new information.

Scientists: Tech Is Giving Humanity a Shorter Attention Span

By Kristin Houser

Australia has proposed a new bill that would punish social media companies that don't do enough to prevent the weaponization of their platforms.

Australia Proposes Bill to Stop “Weaponization” of Social Media

By Kristin Houser

here are persistent rumors among workers at the social giant that the company's security staff installed a secret "panic chute" for Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg Said to Have “Panic Chute” for Escape From Facebook HQ

By Jon Christian

TikTok, the video-sharing social media app, agreed to pay a $5.7 million FTC fine for illegally storing data on pre-teen users.

FTC Slams TikTok With Record Fine For Spying on Pre-Teens

By Dan Robitzski

CA Governor Wants Tech Companies to Pay People for Personal Data

CA Governor Wants Tech Companies to Pay People for Personal Data

By Dan Robitzski

According to the Pew Research Center, more Americans now get their news from social media than do from traditional printed newspapers.

For News, Americans Now Officially Prefer Social Media to Newspapers

By Dan Robitzski

Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started

Virtual Reality

Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started