social media

Who Gets the TikTok in the Divorce? The Messy Fight Over Valuable Social Media Accounts

When couples who make their living online split up, assessing the accounts’ future value and divvying them up fairly is a drag

How Telegram Became Criminals’ Favorite Marketplace

Arrest of founder Pavel Durov has drawn fresh attention to how pedophile rings, identity thieves and drug traffickers use the app as a shop window to sell their wares

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Is Being Held in Probe of Online Criminality, France Says

Macron asserts politics didn’t play role in arrest of tech entrepreneur Durov

Trump, Musk Gear Up for X Interview Tonight

Former president has also started tweeting again

Jonathan Haidt Blamed Tech for Teen Anxiety. Managing the Blowback Has Become a Full-Time Job.

The bestselling author is calling on parents to take away their children’s phones. He also is confronting allegations of junk science.

Is an Old Stigma Dead? Why People Are Telling Everyone They Were Laid Off

Being let go used to be a private moment. Now it’s often fodder for social-media content.

Instagram and Facebook Will Stop Treating Teens Like Adults

Efforts to curb harmful material and reduce unwanted interactions with teen social-media accounts come as states sue parent company Meta

We Aren’t Posting on Social Media as Much Anymore. Will We Ever?

Excessive ads, bots and misinformation have sucked the fun out of sharing publicly, users say

How TikTok Brings War Home to Your Child

The popular app can feed young users a stream of intense, polarized and hard-to-verify videos about the Israel-Hamas war

Stay-at-Home Girlfriends Are Having a Moment

Social media offers a Gen-Z take on life outside the workforce, with minimal housework and maximal self-care: ‘It’s really not what it seems’

How Social Media Is Turning Into Old-Fashioned Broadcast Media

TikTok, YouTube and the rest of social media is looking a lot like mass media with content created with high production values

Teen Boys Are Falling for a Snapchat Nude-Photo Scam. Here’s How to Avoid It.

The solicitation of images has evolved in recent years to include monetary shakedowns