Cities have an incentive to shut down social media comments altogether to avoid expensive lawsuits over selectively deleting comments. While many cities cite an increase in profane and abusive ...

If you're visiting Pornhub for the sex, you're doing it all wrong. Sure it's chock full of super explicit videos of people doing all kinds of very adult things. But did you know you can also use the ...

To push things forward, Facebook is going backward. Facebook announced Thursday night that it will be revamping its News Feed, all in an effort to get users seeing more "meaningful" content from ...

Since iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, Apple has included Messages-like reactions in FaceTime that lighten up your video with visual effects. But rather than triggering them with words, you can trigger them ...

Comment sections have evolved into "parallel narrative engines" where public perception is shaped more by reactions than original political posts. Algorithms now prioritise emotional intensity and ...

In a move that seems extremely unusual for cricket, Kent County Cricket Club have switched off the comments sections on their social media pages, claiming they are acting in accordance with their ...

Anna Wiener has contributed to The New Yorker since 2016 and became a contributing writer in 2019, covering the Bay Area, technology, and the cultural influence of Silicon Valley. Her first book, ...

J.K. Rowling's name has become synonymous with her legendary "Harry Potter" book series, but she is also famous for something more controversial: her public and often contentious views on the ...