Facebook confronts the grisly reality of live video with the shooting of Philando Castile

Facebook is facing new questions about its policies for live video after footage showing the aftermath of a police shooting

Indian government steps up efforts to check online trolling against women

India’s women and child development ministry has announced that it will take strict action against those trolling and posting abusive

Snapchat may be outgrowing its disappearing photos

Snapchat is taking its biggest step back yet from the disappearing messages that made it famous — and it may

Why are prominent YouTube gamers caught up in a gambling scandal?

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A number of well-known, gaming-focused YouTube personalities are in trouble over videos relating to gambling in Counter-Strike:

China discourages sites from using social media to report the news

China’s famously strict Internet rules regarding news websites took another odd turn this week: News sites cannot publish stories sourced

What your favorite Snapchat filter says about you

Which filter is your ride-or-die?
While Snapchat is always changing it up and introducing fun new face filters, we can always

Justin Bieber probably doesn't know what Netflix and chill means

“I’m better sleeping on my own,” crooned Justin Bieber in “Love Yourself” and he means it.
The singer, who was most

Facebook Messenger has more than 11,000 bots

Facebook just moved one step closer toward making its bot ambitions a reality.
Just months after introducing the first bots for

Snapchat went down for an hour, and the millennials panicked

Snapchat selfie sharing came to dramatic halt on Friday, and not surprisingly, its core user base was not happy.
The popular

Facebook can now translate your posts into other languages

You don’t need to be bilingual to post in other languages on Facebook.
The social network is testing a new AI-powered