WhatsApp has introduced usernames, allowing users to connect with others without revealing their phone numbers as part of a new privacy-f...

TikTok said Thursday it has signed a joint venture deal with investors that would allow the company to maintain operations in the United Sta...

British tourists heading to the United States could soon face demands for five years of social media history before they’re allowed entry, ...

Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to "take back control"...

TikTok has temporarily barred Nigerian users from going live at night, with the restriction running from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily. Many user...

A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, ...

A man convicted over a 2020 Twitter hack that compromised accounts of high-profile figures including former U.S. President Barack Obama has...

Australia has become one of the first countries to ban children under 16 from using social media, with the law taking effect on December 10....

Instagram will restrict content shown to teenage users based on film classification standards, automatically placing accounts belonging to ...

Former Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has been forced to deny his own death after baseless social media rumours claimed he had passed away...

Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on Tuesday after a second day of violent demonstrations swept the capital, leaving at least ...

WhatsApp has taken down 6.8 million accounts linked to scammers targeting people around the world in the first half of this year, its pare...

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and CEO of Block, has launched a new messaging app called Bitchat, designed to function ...

Expanding its safety features for Instagram users under the age of 16, Meta has now blocked their ability livestream to unblur nudity in ...

Turkey detained 37 people accused of “provocative” social media posts over the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the government ...

Chinese officials have held early-stage discussions about potentially selling TikTok’s U.S. operations to billionaire Elon Musk if the vid...

Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes"...

Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta’s META.O instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play GOOGL.O as a first step to scal...

Australia on Thursday passed into law a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that gripped the nation, settin...

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popu...