Fake Chicago Police tweet about Derek Chauvin not being removed by Twitter, CPD says

Twitter is refusing to remove or attach a warning to a doctored image that purports to show a Chicago Police Department tweet, despite that the post is not real and the agency has made several attempts to have it taken down, CPD officials say.

Facebook, Instagram outages reported by thousands of users

No, it's not just you. More than 18,000 Facebook users reported a possible outage, according to Downdetector.

Twitter will not allow Trump tweets to be resurrected by National Archives

Twitter said it has been working with the National Archives on the preservation of tweets from Trump’s personal account, @realDonaldTrump, but said the content will not be housed on its platform given he was permanently banned.

Facebook data on more than 500M users found online

Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available to download for free on a website frequented by low-level hacking enthusiasts.

Boy, 12, brain dead after trying 'Blackout Challenge' on TikTok

"I can’t even describe the grief and devastation," a family friend reportedly said. "Nobody could ever imagine this would happen to a 12-year-old."

Anti-COVID-19 vaccine accounts thrive on social media, despite platform rules

With vaccination against COVID-19 in full swing, social platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter say they’ve stepped up their fight against misinformation that aims to undermine trust in the vaccines. But problems abound.

Suit: Company built 'most dangerous' facial recognition AI database in nation

The lawsuit said Clearview AI scrapes dozens of internet sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Venmo, to gather facial photos. Scraping involves the use of computer programs to automatically scan and copy data, which the lawsuit says is analyzed by Clearview AI to identify individual biometrics such as eye shape and size that are then put into a “faceprint” database that clients can use to ID people.

Grandparents' Tik Tok videos help break quarantine boredom

In the age of social distancing, a pair of grandparents are using social media to break up the boredom of quarantine.

YouTube suspends Rudy Giuliani from posting, streaming over claims about election fraud

YouTube removed videos from Rudy Giuliani’s account after he posted content that suggested election fraud as well as “content facilitating the use of nicotine,” a spokesperson said Monday.

Nearly 1.6 million Illinois Facebook users will get at least $345 in privacy settlement

Nearly 1.6 million Facebook users in Illinois who are interested in being compensated will receive at least $345 after a judge approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook.

'Super Follows': Twitter will soon let users charge followers to view premium posts

Twitter is branching out from advertising to find more ways to make money — both for itself and for its most prolific users, whether those are businesses, celebrities or regular people.

Dermatologists warn against new waxing trend on TikTok

You shouldn’t try everything you see on the internet, and dermatologists are urging TikTok users not to strip their faces with hot wax after the dangerous stunt started trending online.

Parler announces it is back online with new hosting service

After more than a month offline, the social media platform Parler relaunched using a new web hosting service, the company announced on Monday.