There's a Facebook group for pretty much every interest and hobby, and that includes groups dedicated to monitoring high-profile murder trials. Thousands of true crime followers are closely monitoring developments of court cases on social media, and while legal analysts say that kind of public … Read More

The State Department is planning to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit personal details about their social media accounts, including usernames and phone numbers, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The department will seek public opinion on the new requirements before submitting them … Read More

A proposed State Department form would require all US visa applicants to disclose their social media handles, according to a Bloomberg report. The requirement is significantly broader than previous filings, which had made disclosure voluntary and applied to only a portion of visa applicants identified … Read More

For entrepreneurs looking to take advantage of online video making and editing on social media, Clipchamp has come up with several innovative hacks to take advantage of some of the biggest platforms that cater to video using their multi-functional online video making and editing app. Here are three … Read More

By day, Zahyra Tirado, 37, is a receptionist working in the offices of a monument company, but in her spare time, the Staten Island mother of two indulges in her passion for all things feminine on social media. The self-described "selfie queen" has garnered 900 followers on Instagram and about …

It would also give the applicant the option to volunteer information about social media accounts on platforms not listed in the application. In addition to their social media histories, visa applicants will be asked for five years of previously used telephone numbers, email addresses, international travel and … Read More

In a new book, Lee Humphreys '99, associate professor of communication, argues that the act of documenting and sharing one's everyday life is not new – nor is it particularly narcissistic. “The Qualified Self: Social Media and the Accounting of Everyday Life” puts our mobile and social media use in …

A Labour MP has apologised for the social media abuse received by a Conservative supporter who criticised Jeremy Corbyn. Young Conservative Alice Terry, 29, said she regularly receives hateful messages because of her views. But the volume of abuse increased considerably this week, after she … Read More

According to notices submitted by the State Department on Thursday, set for formal publication on Friday, the government plans to require nearly all visa applicants to the US to submit five years of social media handles for specific platforms identified by the government — and with an option to list …

But the whole episode illustrates just how vulnerable our democratic institutions can be to the forces created by social media, which has really only been around for the past 10 to 15 years. Many of us, myself included, now treat social media as a routine, if not essential, part of …