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Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers.

Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot.

Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has turned off many people with polarizing remarks on social media, and it may be affecting the automaker’s sales.

Jackson Hinkle’s incendiary commentary has generated over two million new followers on X since October — a surge that some researchers say is aided by inauthentic accounts.

OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

To make artificial intelligence systems more powerful, tech companies need online data to feed the technology. Here’s what to know.

The video app is spending millions on ads as Congress considers a bill that could lead to a U.S. ban.

On TikTok and Instagram, people are sharing what it’s like to take care of relatives who have reached their final years.

Oren Etzioni was once an optimist about artificial intelligence. Now, his nonprofit, TrueMedia.org, is offering tools for fighting A.I.-manipulated content.

Those who appreciate “something as basic as a stick” are sharing their enthusiasm through a newly popular Instagram account.

China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say.

What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.

Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire.

Elon Musk’s social media company sued a group that exposed hate speech on the site, but a judge ruled that the suit was designed to punish speech.

Jonathan Kanter, the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, made his boldest move on Thursday by accusing Apple of antitrust violations.

Many companies, particularly in the beauty and fashion industries, have boosted sales through the platform. They don’t really have a backup plan.

The social media company’s debut on the New York Stock Exchange was one of the first major tech initial public offerings of the year.

The site’s journey from toxic cesspool to trusted news source illustrates the business value of keeping bad actors at bay.

Whether it is just for kicks or propelled by genuine doubt, the unsupported claims about celebrities and public figures keep gaining traction online.

As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications online to discredit Ukraine’s leader and undercut aid. Some have a Hollywood-style plot twist.

The justices tried to distinguish between persuading social media sites to take down posts, which is permitted, and coercing them, which violates the First Amendment.

The former CNN frontman released a wide-ranging interview with the billionaire about business, politics, hate speech online and more.

The agency will be the first in the federal government to roll out a comprehensive plan to integrate the technology into a variety of uses, from fighting crime to helping disaster survivors.