Social media companies exercise only limited control, permitting lies, fake news and intentionally divisive content to proliferate. The torrent of allegedly Moscow-backed content provoked an angry ...

Conformity on social media is the tendency to align one's attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with those of one's online community. For example, users may adopt popular opinions or participate in ...

Project Liberty, one of the principal bidders for TikTok, said a $600 million EU fine on the platform was further evidence of social media’s poor track record of protecting user data.Led by ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Social media has revolutionized the way businesses connect with their target audience ...

This week, it is hard to avoid wondering whether politically motivated violence based on nothing more than bad-faith, evidence-free speculation has become a permanent fixture among social media ...

Is social media really to blame for teen mental health struggles? A team of 120 experts dug into the data—here’s what they found, and what it means for the rest of us.

The research team, led by Jason Nagata, MD, MSc, associate professor in UCSF’s Department of Pediatrics, examined data following nearly 12,000 kids aged 9 to 10 years and then three years later at 12 ...

“Sharenting” — when parents share images of their kids on social media — could unwittingly expose children to dangers online. Here’s how you can minimize the risks.

For example, the trends are similar in the U.S., ... As expected, these shifts towards social media and video happen faster among younger groups, particularly those aged 18-24.

A new paper summarizing decades of research demonstrates how social media has supported an explosion of diversity in gender and sexuality in America during the 21st Century, and also how these ...