The post exemplified the peculiar nature of the jobs of N.F.L. cheerleaders: their social–media activities are severely restricted — they often cannot disclose their affiliations with the teams, and they cannot associate with players in any capacity online — but the teams themselves aggressively market the … Read More

COLLEGE STATION, Texas—The power of the Aggie network meets the power of social media. It's what helped one student reunite with an irreplaceable item. Lauren Castillo lost her engagement ring last week on the campus of Texas A&M. And, after an extensive search, she came up with nothing. Read More

You know those “secret question” fields websites use to supposedly confirm your identity? Make sure you don't give away the answers to them on social media. Secret Questions, to be clear, are a terrible form of security. For the unfamiliar, some sites use questions like “What was your first pet's …

Mark Zuckerberg has been compared to an A.I. robot by social media users during his intense US Senate hearing over the leak of personal data of tens of millions of Facebook users. The Facebook founder and chief appeared before a US congressional hearing in a suit and tie to answer …

For years, social media giants like Facebook and YouTube were the darlings of the tech scene. Their unbridled growth moved markets and made them some of the wealthiest companies in the world. Of course, the social media economy is predicated on ad sales, which requires both a gross privacy … Read …

A collection of watchdog groups has done the impossible: They slowed down DJ Khaled's brand plugs on social media, at least for alcohol. The hip hop star and so-called "King of Snapchat" has dialed back posts mentioning liquor brands after scrutiny from watchdog groups alleging that his boozey … Read More

Perhaps that's the message some voters are sending to their elected officials who openly share opinions on social media or block critics from pages. When it comes to the First Amendment and freedom of speech, social media remains a somewhat unchartered territory. Take the case where the American … Read More

SEATTLE – As Mark Zuckerberg began answering questions on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, local experts are offering advice to protect your data and privacy on Facebook and other social media networks. “I think you have to assume that when you're using social media or you're doing anything online that … Read …

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tracking social media posts in an attempt to justify spending on security for agency head Scott Pruitt · Edward (Scott) Scott PruittOvernight … The senators also wrote that the social media monitoring had uncovered “no evidence of a direct threat” to Pruitt. Read More

Ugly graffiti had been scrawled in a black marker across the back of her events van. The letterbox had also been targeted. And it wasn't the first time. Anger took over – but it didn't last. "I was so angry," Newcastle Flower Markets owner Jessica Eckford-Aguilera said. "You ask yourself …