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Following a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol at the hands of Trump supporters Wednesday, the president’s preferred platform has banned him, citing the risk of “further incitement of violence.” -
The president’s preferred social media outlet, Twitter, took action to block his posts following a deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters Jan. 6.
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The social media company has suspended President Trump's account through the remainder of his presidential term following a deadly riot and invasion of the U.S. Capitol building yesterday.
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Attorney General Josh Hawley is launching an investigation into the social media company’s data sharing practices with political groups.
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Best practices for getting elected officials engaged in social media efforts.
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Thirty-three states have singed onto a letter asking the embattled social media giant to answer questions surrounding the Cambridge Analytica data use scandal.
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Some European citizens are effectively able to scrub themselves from online search engines, but the U.S. has not been so quick to legislate the same option.
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Facebook’s chief, Mark Zuckerberg, has yet to comment on the data harvesting scandal.
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Teachers in West Virginia — and now Arizona and Oklahoma — are using Twitter and Facebook to crowdsource ideas, convene groups and amplify messages about pay grievances after years of education cost cutting.
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The University of Hawaii at Manoa is conducting a survey into public trust around social media and the January false missile alert.
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A simulation during last week’s Rocky Mountain Cybersecurity Symposium showed how easily a hacker can exploit personal information found on social media to hit a larger target.
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The region has attracted many large tech-centric companies looking to draw on its utility assets.
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Lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering legislation that would block schools and employers from digging into the social media accounts of students and workers.
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The role of social media in citizen-government interactions has steadily increased in recent years as the public becomes more reliant on the medium for real-time information.
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Though police and first responders can gain insights into possibly deadly situations as they unfold, the potential for misinformation and hoaxes runs rampant as well.
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Attorney General Pamela Bondi told President Trump that her office is working with a group of students to create a Snapchat-like mobile app for instantly reporting threats to law enforcement.
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The proposed legislation will hold social media and Internet companies accountable for user privacy, and force them to stop the spread of misinformation by bots.
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62 percent of Bay Area residents say “the tech industry makes the wealthy even wealthier, but doesn’t really help the rest of California," according to a survey from Edelman.
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Under the recently signed law, tribal courts have jurisdiction over electronic communications originating from the reservation.
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In Pennsylvania’s smaller townships, social media is filling the gap between the government and citizens.
