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Social Media

From Facebook to Twitter to YouTube, social media platforms are transforming communication and internet culture, even as they raise privacy concerns for users.

Social media platforms still can’t stop mass shooting videos from going viral

By Shirin Ghaffary

Two GOP judges just stripped social media companies of basic First Amendment rights

By Ian Millhiser

Trump says he’s done with Twitter. That’s hard to believe.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Elon Musk is buying Twitter. Now what?

By Peter Kafka

There are good reasons why Elon wants Twitter

By Shirin Ghaffary

Russia continues its online censorship spree by blocking Instagram

By Shirin Ghaffary

Biden threatens Big Tech over its “national experiment” on children

By Shirin Ghaffary

Can Facebook monopolize the metaverse?

By Shirin Ghaffary and Sara Morrison

Apple broke Facebook’s ad machine. Who’s going to fix it?

By Peter Kafka

The most outspoken Trump supporter in Silicon Valley is leaving Facebook’s board

By Shirin Ghaffary

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Big Tech’s never-ending censorship loop

By Shirin Ghaffary

Omicron is outpacing delta on social media, too

By Shirin Ghaffary

Facebook still won’t give up Instagram for Kids

By Shirin Ghaffary

Spotify Wrapped, unwrapped

By Kelly Pau

Twitter is again losing Jack Dorsey, its multitasking, wizard-bearded visionary

By Shirin Ghaffary

Did you (or your dog) eat a suspicious mushroom? These very online mycologists want to help.

By Chia-Yi Hou

How to fix Facebook

By Shirin Ghaffary

Facebook is backing away from facial recognition. Meta isn’t.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Facebook is now Meta, but it’s not quite a metamorphosis

By Rebecca Heilweil

Wall Street doesn’t care about the Facebook leaks. Mark Zuckerberg does.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Facebook’s whistleblower tells Congress how to regulate tech

By Shirin Ghaffary

Why this Facebook scandal is different

By Shirin Ghaffary

The mystery behind OnlyFans’ flip-flop on porn

By Sara Morrison

It’s hard to be a moral person. Technology is making it harder.

By Sigal Samuel

A new bill would hold Facebook responsible for Covid-19 vaccine misinformation

By Shirin Ghaffary and Rebecca Heilweil

The surgeon general wants Facebook to do more to stop Covid-19 lies

By Sara Morrison

Racist trolls attacked England’s soccer team. Fans fought back.

By Shirin Ghaffary

How TikTok’s hate speech detection tool set off a debate about racial bias on the app

By Shirin Ghaffary

Trump’s lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter, and Google will probably go nowhere

By Shirin Ghaffary

The FTC’s antitrust complaint against Facebook has been dismissed — for now

By Shirin Ghaffary

Why some biologists and ecologists think social media is a risk to humanity

By Shirin Ghaffary

The ever-changing pressures of running an Instagram business

By Terry Nguyen

People keep finding late loved ones on Google Maps

By Rebecca Heilweil

The problem with Facebook’s attempt to be more like Nextdoor

By Rebecca Heilweil

What Facebook’s two-year Trump ban does and doesn’t do

By Rebecca Heilweil

How Snapchat became the forgotten social platform

By Terry Nguyen

Donald Trump’s new blog lasted less than a month

By Sara Morrison

Michael Flynn’s coup comments show how QAnon is evolving in the Biden era

By Rebecca Heilweil

Who wins Instagram giveaways? An investigation.

By Allie Jones

Facebook’s empty promise of hiding “Likes”

By Rebecca Heilweil