Ansel Elgort's selfie with Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer was the most-liked photograph on Instagram from the Academy Awards. The 23-year-old actor – who has 10.1 million followers on the photo-sharing website – reunited with his former LaGuardia High School classmate Timothee for the … Read More

In recent weeks, an opposition account appeared on Instagram. Supporters say the reason Diet Madison Avenue and other similar “whisper networks” exist is because offices, human resource departments, and legal systems have failed to protect women from predatory colleagues and bosses. They are … Read More

Women's Advancement Deeply, the News Deeply platform focused on covering efforts to secure economic equality for women around the world, is launching a WhatsApp story experiment to let readers experience the decisions and challenges faced by women working in developing countries. Read More

WhatsApp users will soon have more than an hour to delete messages sent by mistake to groups, according to an update detailed on its Google Play beta program. The feature offered by the Facebook-owned application, known as “delete for everyone,” currently lets users scrub messages accidentially … Read More

Instant messaging service WhatsApp has a lot to recommend it; easy to use and free on wi-fi, it's now the most popular way to chat with friends. The Facebook-owned service now has over one-and-a-half billion users across the world – but there are still some potentially slightly annoying aspects to …

During Sunday night's Oscars ceremony, Twitter aired an ad spot intended to bring women “front and center”. Using the hashtag #HereWeAre, the ad featured writer and performer Denice Frohman reciting a spoken-word poem while black-and-white images of people like Ava DuVernay, Issa Rae, and … Read More

Twitter, like, well, most places in the world, isn't a great place to be a woman. Ask any woman who has spent some time engaging on the platform — doesn't have to be a famous woman, or a woman with a verified account, though those women will almost certainly have …

Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services, partly in response to persistent hoaxes claiming otherwise. And why would they? Social media is already barely interesting enough to retain an audience for free, so what would anyone stand to gain by … …

The final award of the evening was also the most-discussed moment on Twitter and Facebook during the 90th Academy Awards Sunday night: The Shape of Water winning best picture. The five Oscars moments that drove the most tweets were: The Shape of Water wins best picture. Oscar Isaac, Mark … Read …

Facebook has apologized for a survey that asked users for their opinion on allowing pedophiles to solicit sexual pictures from children on the platform. The Guardian reported on a small survey designed to gauge users' opinions on Facebook policy. Alongside questions about topics like violent … Read More