Cynthia Stone Creem of Newton, would block employers and educational institutions from requesting or forcing a student or employee to give access to their social media accounts. The bill passed in a 36-0 vote in the Senate on March 15. The MCOPA said the bill handcuffs local chiefs and makes …

SINGAPORE: Social media and Internet giants Facebook, Twitter and Google are slated to give oral evidence when public hearings by the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods resume on Thursday (Mar 22). Facebook will be represented by its vice-president of public policy for … Read More

Creating art, once regarded as an economically challenging profession, is now a sustainable career choice thanks to social media, according to Malaysian artist Red Hong Yi. Budding and professional artists can now represent, market and brand themselves on Facebook, Instagram and Alphabet's … Read More

… >> Facebook's crisis over user data is spreading like wildfire across tech companies. The social media giant's stock fell another 2.5% on Tuesday, following a nearly 7% drop the day before. The two day sell off in Facebook alone, erasing some $55 billion in stock market value. The drop …

In recent months, lawmakers have called the major social media companies to testify on the spread of false information and the abuse of those platforms to influence the 2016 election. The issues surrounding Cambridge Analytica appear to go deeper. The data firm was founded in 2013 as the American … Read …

NEW YORK (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – Shares of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat-owner Snap fell further on Tuesday (March 20) as Wall Street fretted over potential regulatory scrutiny that could hobble the business of the social networks. Facebook lost 2.6 per cent after it said it faced questions from … Read More

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) — Iowa City police spotted a post on social media. And now they're trying to catch a man posing as an Uber driver. Police say they recently learned about the event. They say a man drove up to the victim while she waited for her Uber …

Currently, as far as the public is aware, neither Harry nor William (or Kate) have their own personal social media profiles, as the Kensington Royal Twitter and Instagram accounts provide a source of information on the young royals. Meghan Markle also deleted her social media accounts earlier this year, … Read …

The social media site is facing international backlash from weekend reports that the private information of more than 50 million users was accessed by a firm that worked on U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign. Among those speaking out against the social media giant were some notable … Read More

Since revelations on Saturday that a political consulting firm had improperly obtained personal data on 50 million Facebook users, the world's largest social media company has lost $60 billion of its stock market value. With concerns that Facebook's handling of users' data would lead to stepped up … Read More