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Islamic Republic officials blocked internet access in late February, forcing citizens to improvise solutions to avoid poverty and isolation

The social network has implemented a ‘Shop the Look’ tool, still in the testing phase, that suggests products linked to the image of content creators (who were never notified and are not being paid)

Predatory groups have experienced exponential growth thanks to social media. Experts warn that it is now easier and cheaper than ever to reach a wider audience

The specialist in neurodevelopmental issues argues the case for banning social media for under-16s: ‘Those who had a smartphone with free access to internet content before the age of 15 have worse mental health indicators’

The instant messaging service’s lax content moderation policy has turned it into a hotbed of criminal activity

A report indicates that alleged opportunities to become rich overnight are proliferating in WhatsApp groups where the Latino community predominates

Some criminals pose as consultants or specialists offering shortcuts to obtain residency, work permits, asylum, and even U.S. citizenship

The DLR collective constantly monitors online activity, where it denounces practices such as the dissemination of intimate content without consent or child exploitation

The head of Germany’s Sovereign Tech Agency believes that Europe must invest in open source to achieve technological independence

A study has analyzed 3,300 Spanish-speaking groups on the world’s most popular instant messaging application

Utah’s governor accuses social media and other platforms of being behind every assassination attempt in recent years, but experts say it’s a much harder phenomenon to explain

The app best known for respecting privacy looks to grow, despite anti-privacy efforts

Various studies have attempted, without success, to analyze whether reading can increase our empathy. The evidence is clearer regarding its power to enhance culture and mental health

Paragon’s technology is one of the most powerful commercial espionage tools available, and can covertly activate microphones to turn smartphones into listening devices

Companies hide behind improvement needs to collect personal online activity with which to train their models and sell to ‘service providers’

Arrests near education centers are worrying students, parents, and teachers, who are preparing for an academic year marked by Donald Trump’s deportation campaign

The use of code words is spreading on platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp to protect at-risk migrant communities

According to recent research, using these symbols makes individuals appear more emotionally involved, regardless of which ones they use

Meta and its competitors are working on a future with a dominant presence of artificially intelligent robots on social networks

A new study compares differences and similarities in the exchange of erotic messages and content by those under 25 in Spain, Colombia and Mexico

Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive

Tens of thousands of cyber slaves are held captive in Southeast Asia’s scam compounds, working around the clock to defraud love-seeking victims through dating apps and social media

More than 74 land defenders from various First Nations have created an online space they say is free of ‘racism and neoliberal discourse,’ designed for the posting of stories from Mesoamerican lands and their diasporas

The British researcher defends the validity of his most famous theory, 30 years after formulating it. Despite social media, he explains that humans can only have a maximum of 150 friends

Societal hyper-connection has brought betrayal into a new era, filling therapists’ offices with people who haven’t slept with anyone else, but have committed so-called ‘emotional infidelity’

Couples with an age difference are becoming more common and accepted, but WhatsApp decorum can be challenges when it comes to mutual understanding