Social Media

Facebook’s ongoing expansion in Huntsville, Ala., is now slated to top $1 billion in capital investment, the social media giant announced Tuesday following reports in February that it would be expanding the campus.

Protesters demanding social media giants do more to curb deadly drug sales on their platforms will gather at the headquarters of Snapchat and in more than 30 other locations in cities across the nation.

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits companies like Facebook and Twitter from suspending political candidates from their social media accounts during election time.

Employees of Santa Fe, N.M., must now reapply for access to the city's social media accounts and email list. The city spokesperson said the change relates to cybersecurity and is more of a new practice than a new policy.

A national movement to limit social media platforms' ability to remove content and users made its way to a Georgia House panel hearing on Thursday, though it's unclear what state conservatives can do about it.

Facebook and Google publish local news articles, sell ads off them and pocket the vast majority of the profit, giving local news outlets little in return, which pushes readership online as profits erode.

A Senate committee hearing earlier this week pitted researchers against three major social media companies over the question of whether algorithms are to blame for harmful content on the platforms.

The nation is debating Section 230 reform, but fighting social media disinformation may be less about what users can say than about how platforms can amplify and recommend it, said MIT panelists.

Can the government regulate information shared by social media companies during an election? According to one West Virginia lawmaker, the answer is "yes." The ACLU, however, says not so fast.

A congressional hearing last month took up the sticky issue of when and how to hold companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter accountable for misinformation. Lawmakers are now faced with a regulatory maze.

During a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing last week, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were united in their criticisms of social media platforms and the potential dangers they pose to children.

Governments of all sizes have struggled to put boundaries around social media use, occasionally running into controversy and scandal. In today’s connected world, those with the logins need to play by a set of rules.

Search engines, like social media algorithms, get you to click on links by learning what other people click on. Enticing misinformation often comes out on top.

Parler, a social network embraced by right-wing groups, lobbed a new lawsuit at Amazon in Washington courts, weeks after Parler's relaunch rendered moot an accusation in federal court that Amazon killed its business.

A class-action lawsuit against the company claimed that the social media giant violated privacy laws by storing biometric data, like facial scans, without getting user approval first.

On Reddit, hundreds of posts offer tips and instructions for signing up for the shot in the Chicago area, from step-by-step guides for enrolling at different pharmacies to clues on best times to check various websites.

Answer: No.