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Laws signed in Florida and Texas in 2021 aimed to address conservative complaints that the social media companies were liberal-leaning and censored users based on their viewpoints, especially on the political right

Experts recommend leaving the social media rat race, arguing that doing lots of things is not always synonymous with happiness

The companies aren’t committing to ban or remove deepfakes. Instead, the accord outlines methods they will use to try to detect and label deceptive AI content when it is created or distributed on their platforms

The lawsuit, filed this Wednesday in California, holds that these tech companies intentionally manipulate young users to create addiction

Khamenei and accounts associated with the supreme leader had been praising the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

Online fraud has multiplied in recent months due to the lack of moderation on the social media platform X and the use of artificial intelligence

A push for digital watermarking and labeling of AI-generated content was part of an executive order that U.S. President Joe Biden signed in October

The recommendations come after it reviewed an altered clip of President Biden and his adult granddaughter that was altered to remove the important context, making it seem as if he touched her inappropriately

‘I’m sorry for everything you have all been through’ Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the parents who lost children to suicide

A court ruling in Spain that attributes a content moderator’s mental health problems to the job paves the way for acknowledging that fact for at least 25 other employees as well

Disinformation expert Joan Donovan wants an investigation into her dismissal, alleging undue donor influence on the university

When you double tap by accident, all kinds of uncomfortable situations can arise. Stay calm

The researchers say the findings show a need for government regulation of social media since the companies that stand to make money from children who use their platforms have failed to meaningfully self-regulate

Users and rights groups have denounced the disproportionate restrictions and suppression of content in solidarity with Palestine, while hate speech in Hebrew against Palestinians is rising

Social media’s takeover of our lives has caused us to start articulating and sharing our own existence as if we were playing a role, with all of fiction’s resources, tricks and vices serving to distance us from authentic reality

The international organization found the company restricts or eliminates posts and comments in a ‘systemic and global’ manner and requests a review of its policies

Among the ills the lawsuit blames on Meta are mental health problems, online human trafficking, ‘vaccine hesitancy,’ incitements to violence and harassment, and ‘election misinformation’

Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat have now been classed as ‘very large online platforms’ subject to more stringent controls

You can deactivate or get rid of any of your profiles from Meta’s Accounts Center

The term is typically used for social media, but it can be extended to something much older: specialization

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