(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jean Twenge, San Diego State University (THE CONVERSATION) Ask a teen today how she…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man who bought more than 120 boxes of Girl Scouts cookies to help the scouts escape the cold has been arrested on drug…
WAUSAU PILOT AND REVIEW A coalition of child safety and online privacy groups is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Facebook after records obtained by the Center for Investigative…
(CN) – The mother of a Tennessee girl sued Facebook on Wednesday, claiming the social media giant allowed her then-15-year-old daughter to be groomed and extorted by human traffickers who…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge’s decision to become Facebook friends with a woman whose child custody case he was hearing created at least the appearance of bias, a…
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social…
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Not in the Valentine’s Day spirit? A Texas zoo has a cockroach that can help. The El Paso Zoo is running a promotion called “Quit…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art (THE CONVERSATION) Instagram users have taken to…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elizabeth Stoycheff, Wayne State University (THE CONVERSATION) As Facebook celebrates 15 years of virtual…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION) It is almost too easy to bash Facebook…
(CN) – Nearly three-quarters of Facebook users don’t know how their data are being used to inform online advertisers, according to a Pew research poll released Wednesday. If you ever used…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on the social media…
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jeff Inglis, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) Sometime in the political frenzy of the past…
(CN) – In a study released Wednesday, a team of economists and a social media researcher found most people would demand between $1,100 and $2,000 in exchange for giving up…
By The Associated Press A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were…
By Shereen Siewert WAUSAU — City council members on Tuesday are set to approve a new social media policy that establishes guidelines and best practices for employees and elected officials.…
By Robert Chappell/Madison365 Portage County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Daniel Kontos posted a meme mocking African American names Saturday to the Facebook page of the Portage County Sheriff’s Office in…
Facebook users are being duped into thinking that their accounts have been cloned thanks to a viral message that made the rounds of the social networking site over the weekend.…
By Nicholas Iovino/Courthouse News SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Mere hours after revealing that a security breach had compromised 50 million user accounts, Facebook was hit with a class action Friday…
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook officials on Friday said an attack on the social media giant’s computer network exposed information from nearly 50 million users, according to a New York Times…
