Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election has generally been seen as two separate, unrelated tracks: hacking Democratic emails and sending provocative tweets. But a new study suggests the tactics were intertwined.
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Turkey summoned a top American diplomat Sunday after the U.S. Embassy’s official Twitter account “liked” a tweet that said the people of Turkey should prepare for a political era without the leader of Turkey’s national party, who is reportedly ill.
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As the number of Americans who get their news from social media grows, concerns about what that means for political diversity are also on the rise, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday.
Read moreProsecutors on Tuesday aggressively attacked the character of fired Dallas cop and convicted murderer Amber Guyger during the sentencing phase of her trial, showing jurors her social media posts wishing Martin Luther King Jr. dead and joking about killing people.
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The Treasury Department on Monday took its first action in response to foreign interference in the 2018 midterm elections by placing the yacht and private planes of a Russian financier on an international sanctions list along with employees of a Russian troll farm he funded to spread false information on social media.
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El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele opened his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Thursday by taking a cellphone picture of himself grinning at the podium, and casting the photo as a portrait of a global gathering that has gotten out of touch.
Read moreA soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, has been arrested on federal charges of sending bomb-making instructions over Facebook and suggesting targeting Democrat presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke.
Read moreFacing pressure from lawmakers to curtail extremist content, officials from Google, Twitter and Facebook told senators on Wednesday their platforms are leaning on improved technology to flag, remove and report posts before they lead to violence.
Read moreMoving to keep children off websites like Facebook and Instagram, California lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill barring social media companies from opening an account for anyone under the age of 13 without receiving parental consent.
Read moreA Philadelphia news anchor says a photograph of her has been used without her permission to promote online dating websites and erectile dysfunction products – and she’s suing Facebook, Reddit and several other online hosts for $10 million.
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Minutes after media outlets identified the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas, a Twitter account that appears to have been computer-generated began spreading baseless statements linking the shooter to Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke.
Read moreAfter a white supremacist discussed plans on Facebook for a mass shooting at a synagogue, police in Washington used a new law to quickly seize his 12 firearms, long before he was convicted of any crime.
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Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you limit what the social network can gather about you on outside websites and apps.
Read moreFinding that her page constitutes a public forum, a federal judge in Missouri ruled Friday that a Republican state lawmaker violated the free speech rights of a constituent she blocked on Twitter.
Read moreIndiana University officials did not violate the rights of a doctoral student who lost his research job after a man outside the university complained that the student had made racist and violent posts on social media, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreAustralia’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a government decision to fire a public servant who used a pseudonym to criticize government immigration policy on Twitter.
Read moreThe Second Circuit dealt a big win to Facebook Wednesday, ruling that online publishers cannot be held accountable for what users post — even if they’re members of a terrorist group.
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Imposing a social-media blackout on the president’s longtime supporter, a federal judge opted to deal with Roger Stone’s gag-order defiance Tuesday as she would a disobedient middle schooler.
Read moreDennis Blieden, 29, formerly of Santa Monica, was charged this week in Las Vegas with 11 counts of wire fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and two forfeiture counts.
Read moreWith the country waiting on his next move, President Donald Trump will make an announcement Tuesday afternoon about the 2020 census but it is unclear whether he will abandon or continue his fight to add a controversial citizenship question.
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