Should kids be banned from Social Media?
Social media can have negative effects on children – so a ban is being discussed on different levels. Will this protect kids or is it over the top?…
Crystal Palace act after Zaha subjected to racist abuse
Premier league Crystal Palace says they are taking action after star striker Wilfried Zaha was racially abused on social media.…
Pakistan ‘honor killing:’ Qandeel Baloch’s brother gets 25 years
Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch's murder by her brother sparked a nationwide debate over so-called "honor killings." Three years later, her brother has been handed a life sentence for murder.…
Mark Zuckerberg rejects call from US lawmaker to break up Facebook
The social media mogul visited Washington as US lawmakers consider new privacy legislation regulating digital security and user data. One Republican lawmaker called on Zuckerberg to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp.…
‘I’m here 247’ young: Rohingya shares his stories on social media
Mohammad Rafiq, a 19-year-old budding photographer who fled to Bangladesh in August 2017 from a military crackdown in Myanmar, uses his mobile phone to record -- and share on social media --…
Cardi B trashes the NYPD on Social Media
The singer, a New York City native, went off in an Instagram video over a school event in Brooklyn allegedly being halted by police.The back-to-school occasion was set to be hosted by…
Social Media’s role in radicalization
Michael Beckerman, CEO of The Internet Association, and Sarah Frier of Bloomberg Technology discuss social media's role in radicalizing people toward extremist ideology, a key component in recent mass shootings.…
Facebook bans race rap video after Singapore govt complains
Social media sites have pulled the angry hip-hop video after authorities in Singapore warned it could stoke racial tensions. Some residents have accused officials in the wealthy Asian city-state of double standards.…
The unreal Jesus
This man recently set social media ablaze after images and videos of him surfaced online. He is none other than the American actor and evangelist, Michael Job.…
Twitter working on outage and wants content policies to be clear, CFO says
Ned Segal, Twitter Inc. chief financial officer, comments on the social media site's widespread outage and efforts to regulate its content with Bloomberg's Ed Hammond at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley…
Germany fines Facebook for underreporting hate speech complaints
The US social media giant has been found guilty of failing to fully report the number of complaints it received, in clear violation of German transparency laws. Facebook may appeal the ruling,…