Social Media

According to a legal expert, a new social media censorship law in Texas could inadvertently lead to more spam in everyone's inbox. Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have taken legal action against the law.

Because election disinformation appears to be a norm in modern U.S. politics, election officials now find themselves in the unenviable position of having to become public relations and communications experts.

The Rand Corporation released a report suggesting that the U.S. military should use artificial intelligence to examine social media trends to determine whether any military members are at risk of becoming extremists.

Emergency response officials said in addition to helping to warn residents about flooding on roads and other risks, social media was a priceless tool to quickly get information out about available resources.

Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, handed down a ruling in the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust case that has the potential to bring changes to the App Store.

In recent years, social media research and large-scale social network experiments have shown that family and friends could be more effective than public health officials in terms of directing useful information.

More than a dozen civic groups signed a letter asking four social media platforms to take action to stop the spread of false and misleading information ahead of the recall election of California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

In their social media campaign to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom, recall supporters are blaming him for a wide variety of ills, each advertisement targeted to specific voters based on their demographics and interests.

The move closely follows ArchiveSocial's acquisition of NextRequest, meaning the combined company now covers social media communications, websites and public records requests in one organization.

After announcing its plan to scan users' devices for photos that qualify as child sexual abuse material, Apple is coaching employees on how to respond to customers who complain about a perceived privacy violation.

State and local departments in North Carolina have turned to social media influencers to encourage younger people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Influencers with different follower counts are being utilized.

Police are scrolling through social media feeds in search of crime and in order to check up on potential suspects, all of which is raising new concerns about surveillance in an increasingly online world.

A terse piece of legislation from 1996 has been credited with creating the internet as we know it — and blamed for the flood of misinformation and other ills that have come with it.

Google will require vaccinations for employees working on the company’s in-person campuses, becoming the first major tech company in the country to issue a widespread mandate for its employees.

California filed a lawsuit against Google along with dozens of other states alleging the company is violating state and federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the smartphone app market with its Google Play app store.

It’s the first acquisition for ArchiveSocial, which stores public officials’ social media posts so they can be accessed later. It’s also the sixth gov tech acquisition to be announced or completed this month.

Proposals in the House, along with the separate legislation introduced in the Senate, would lead to the biggest reform of competition laws in the U.S. since the first antitrust rules were passed in the late 19th century.

With the cybersecurity mishaps of the 2016 presidential election in mind, Rhode Island lawmakers have proposed a bill to do a cybersecurity assessment of its election systems to prevent future cyber attacks.