It is no longer a window to the world, nor an inexhaustible source of information, nor even a place to spend time discovering something curious or interesting. Instead, it is increasingly dull, uniform and unreliable
A posthumous selfie, the last WhatsApp message… Death leaves our digital identity in no man’s land. What becomes of it?
The company said the feature can help keep users safe from hackers, fraudsters and criminals. No one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — will decipher people’s messages
The US company offered advertising space based on an ‘illegitimately obtained competitive advantage,’ indirectly threatening the livelihood of Spanish media, says the association
The accounts were used to reshare posts from X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that were created by politicians, news outlets and others
Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta already has been blocking Canadian news since earlier this year
The complaint, originally made public in redacted form, was the opening salvo in a lawsuit filed in late October by the attorneys general of 33 states
The controversial content filmed in cemeteries that covers the dead, tombstones and even gastronomy is becoming a trend — and fueling a lively debate
He’s not the only octogenarian director active on social media — Coppola teaches cinema on Instagram while Paul Schrader keeps Facebook afloat
Our generation is better prepared than that of our parents to face the challenges entailed by smartphones and social media and to talk to our children about the potential and risks of technology
The digital realm makes it harder to pretend that someone you used to love does not exist. Still, people try
New research has cast doubt on the benefits of digital detoxes, finding that both positive and negative affect fell after a week of abstinence
Microsoft unveiled its own election year initiatives on Tuesday, including a tool that will allow campaigns to insert a digital watermark into their ads
Do these images fascinate or cause rejection? This new visual trend seeks to show the rawest, most visceral reality
The former employee believes that the lawsuit filed against Meta by the attorneys general of 41 states will forever change the relationship between children and social networks
Users on desktop browsers can pay about 10 euros ($10.50) a month while iOS or Android users will pay roughly 13 euros
Posts of women in their underwear are 54% more likely to show up in feeds; posts of men with bare torsos, 28% more likely. This has repercussions on what content creators’ posts look like
What started as a simple friendly gesture has become a trend followed by owners and fans of the brand around the world
Lawsuits were filed on Tuesday in 41 states, including one joint suit by 33 AGs, accusing the owner of Instagram and Facebook of ‘taking advantage of children’s pain.’ It is a step forward in the initiative to demand responsibility from the hitherto untouchable social media platforms
The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law
The latest idea among self-help gurus and apologists for classical masculinity is to run away from everything and disconnect for a while. However, this impulse isn’t really new: it’s an ancient phenomenon, one that’s recurrent in literature
The essayist examines the rise of compulsive talkers in his new book ‘STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World’
When a smaller restaurant unexpectedly goes viral on TikTok or other social media, the sudden demand can be overwhelming. Owners have to adapt on the fly
Exposure of a minor’s private life on the internet can have long-term consequences that carry on even into adulthood
At the courtyard of his company’s headquarters in California, Zuckerberg painted a near-future where people interact with hologram versions of their friends or coworkers and with AI bots built to assist them
The world’s most-used search engine now blurs images that it classifies as explicit and has made it easier to remove sensitive photos published without permission
The guest list featured some of the industry’s biggest names, including Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and X and Tesla’s Elon Musk
