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Actions needed beyond lawsuit to address social media's influence on youth, say experts

While four Ontario school boards recently announced a $4.5-billion lawsuit against the social media giants behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, Brock University experts are calling for ... Read More

Facebook let Netflix peek into user DMs, explosive court docs claim

The social media ... reality space. In 2018, the New York Times published a report citing hundreds of pages of Facebook documents, alleging Facebook had authorized Spotify and Netflix to access ... Read More

Social Networking

The term "social network" refers both to a person's connections to other people in the real world and to a platform that supports online communication, such as Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter. Read More

Facebook, Instagram down for some users as Meta experiences spike in outages for second time two weeks

Facebook, Instagram and Messenger were down Wednesday, with nearly two thousand users worldwide reporting that they couldn’t log in to the popular social media platforms, according to DownDetector. Read More

Social media users confused by USA Today claim that Biden has ‘clamped down on unauthorized border crossings’

Social media users this weekend were baffled by USA Today ... a number greater than the population of 36 individual states, a Fox News analysis finds. A USA Today spokesperson told Fox News ... Read More

Social Psychology News

Mar. 15, 2024 — Scientists tested several hypotheses on the drivers of social aging in free-living Assamese macaques in Thailand. The researchers collected data on the social behavior of females ... Read More

What Does Meta Own?

Meta Platforms (META 1.54%) is the undisputed leader in social media. The technology company owns three of the four biggest platforms by monthly active users (Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram). Read More

'Eclipse sickness' is causing 'weird' feelings, headaches and insomnia, social media users claim

Social media users have reported feeling 'physically sick' as Monday's solar eclipse hit the US and believe the rare phenomenon is to blame for their strange symptoms Parts of the United States ... Read More

Social media

"We're dealing with a virtual community which is almost infinite," a Homeland Security special agent told Newsweek about social media's role in recruiting teens. Read More

Facebook let Netflix peek into user DMs, explosive court docs claim

The social media giant Meta allegedly allowed Netflix to access Facebook users' direct messages for nearly a decade, breaking anti-competitive activities and privacy rules, explosive court ... Read More