Signal bias and social noise are persistent threats. Vocal minorities, bots and echo chambers can distort the picture.

Billionaire Elon Musk has gone from President Donald Trump's chainsaw-welding sidekick to a flame-throwing, social media opponent of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," which narrowly passed through the ...

GSA has teamed up with social media annotation platform Rap Genius to make government jargon more understandable.

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Social media poses its own dangers for kids who are still learning to navigate the complexities of the world we live in. I've never regretted keeping a close eye on my children's social media use.

The impact of social media on young people’s mental health and well-being is a growing topic of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half ...

Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days of platforms like Twitter, this was intuitive. Protest movements want attention, but mainstream media ...

Social media platforms prioritize engaging, visually compelling content, making it a natural fit for product discovery. As users scroll through their feeds, sponsored posts and trending content ...

For young people, social media has many pros and cons that can be difficult to balance, according to a new report from Common Sense Media and Hopelab. Ad Feedback. Health. Life, But ...

Many of us get lost in social media. Some data indicate that, worldwide, the average adult spends more than 2.5 hours per day immersed in social apps. All that scrolling can take a toll: Excessive ...

New study shows social media use predicted future depression in tweens. Researchers followed thousands of pre-teens for three years, generating unique insights into how social media is shaping kids.