Defamation, true threats, obscenity, child sex abuse material, direct incitements to violence — each of those forms of expression can be banned and punished because they are not encompassed within the ...

A jury in California agreed with a plaintiff who argued that Meta and Google, two social-media giants, designed their platforms to be addictive. That opens the floodgates to more litigation and ...

If you’ve spent any time on Facebook lately, you may have seen a post claiming you can “reset the Facebook algorithm.” The message usually says something like: “Hold your finger on this post. Click ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

When the Department of Justice released more than 3 million pages of documents relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 30, the sheer volume of the material was dizzying. It ...

The National Hockey League is participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, after skipping the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. Of course, this not only raises the level of competition ...

A butterfly flaps its wings and weeks later a tornado touches down halfway around the world. Mathematician Edward Lorenz used the butterfly effect to explain chaos theory in the 1960s. Now, decades ...

Whether you're a NFL fan or not, there's always something fun for everyone on Super Bowl Sunday. Most watch the Super Bowl for the football, but the National Anthem can sometimes bring out goosebumps ...

Social media algorithms determine what billions of users see daily, yet most creators barely scratch the surface of how they operate. Platforms prioritize content ranking using engagement metrics, ...