Social Media

The TikTok trend has users telling us what not to buy. Here’s why it matters.

The most-followed person on YouTube said he wanted to shine a light on curable blindness.

Social media company Discord acquired Gas this week, a fast-growing startup that is designed around teens giving each other compliments.

The move comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered in December that the app be removed from any government-issued devices.

Countless videos and social media posts detail the disappearance of Ana Walshe, the mother from Cohasset, Massachusetts, who has been missing since New Year’s Day. Some are sharing information released by law enforcement. Others are doing their own digging — a trend that’s grown with the explosion of true crime media. “How could you not be into the case....

Sources say a hacksaw and bloody towels were found in the search for Ana Walshe; her husband, Brian, is charged with misleading investigators.

Twitter owes $136,260 in overdue rent on its offices on the 30th floor of a building in downtown in San Francisco, according to a lawsuit filed by the building’s landlord last week.

Hannah Williams, 26, quit her job as a data analyst in April to focus on Salary Transparent Street, a viral TikTok series about pay transparency.

Congress passed a large spending package that includes a bill banning TikTok from being used on government devices and new filing fees for mergers.

“It’s like being stuck in a hall of distorted mirrors where you’re constantly being told you’re ugly, you’re not good enough, maybe you should kill yourself.”

While the act of doxxing someone isn’t new, it’s getting easier for some bad actors to find and distribute private information online. Here’s what you need to know.

U.S. government regulators charged eight social media influencers Wednesday in a $100 million fraud scheme in which they’re accused of promoting exchange-traded stocks, then selling their shares when prices rose.

It takes a village to raise kids. Just ask Krystian Gabrielle. The social media influencer stopped by to talk to Maria about raising children as a gay mom, finding your community and more. It’s all in the latest episode of The Hub Today Presents Mom2Mom.

Nearly half of the Twitter accounts that spewed hate speech there as Elon Musk took over have been suspended, according to new research.

If you’re a college applicant, you may have fine-tuned your essays and submissions. It’s a good idea to clean up your online profiles, too. “If I was a student applying to college, I would assume that someone may look at my profiles,” said Christine Lilley, director of K-12 institutional partnerships at Kaplan. The company has inside information on what...

It’s college application season, but high school seniors might be overlooking something big.

Content creator Krystian Gabrielle shares why she began sharing her life with kids on social media and the community it has brought her to.

Parler launched in 2018 as a conservative alternative to social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Here’s what you need to know.

Crumbl Cookies is suing smaller competitors Crave and Dirty Dough, claiming their brands and packaging are too similar to Crumbl’s.

Babs Costello, who is known as Brunch with Babs on TikTok, shared a guide on how to properly load a dishwasher — and racked up more than 4.5 million views. See her handy tutorial below.