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Social media giants should act to stop children 'sexting' says Health Secretary
Jeremy Hunt told the Commons health committee that teenagers' mental health is at risk.
Donald Trump says people who burn the US flag should lose citizenship
He suggested "perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail" as a "consequence" for burning the flag.
FBI targets Islamic State social media chiefs
American and allied forces campaign takes out more Daesh's influential computer experts
Hackers advertising and selling phishing kits via YouTube with secret backdoor
The malicious templates come with how-to videos which feature guidelines on collecting phished data.
Facebook bowing down to China's censorship overlords is bad for business
In a bid to tap into the Chinese market it could come at a great cost to Facebook.
Facebook authorises $6bn stock buyback amid fake news debacle
The social media giant's accounting chief Jas Athwal will leave the firm after 9 years of service.
Fake election coverage got more Facebook engagement than real news in final months, says Buzzfeed
BuzzFeed analysis raises further questions about Facebook's role in promoting fake election coverage.
FBI now has access to data that Twitter refused to hand over to the CIA
Dataminr has agreed to provide the bureau with an 'advanced alerting tool' to search Twitter data with customised filters 'in real-time'.
Breitbart and Private Eye among websites accused of false, misleading, clickbait or satirical 'news'
Massachusetts communications professor wants to keep the internet honest with her list of questionable websites.
Isis and al-Qaeda jihadists hail Donald Trump's historic win: He'll ruin America
Several supporters of jihadist groups have taken to social media to voice their elation at Trump's presidency.
Has President Trump saved Twitter?
Trump and the US Election couldn't have come at a better time for the struggling social network.
Facebook adds AI to its mobile app to transform your videos into works of art
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer said this is the 'exciting future of AI'.
WhatsApp finally gives users the gift of GIFs — here's how to create and send them
The long-awaited feature is finally rolled out and we've got a GIF guide to using them.
Facebook told it doesn't have permission to collect data on WhatsApp users in the UK
Data privacy watchdog says users should be given more control over how their information is used.
Was the Twitter outage really related to the DDoS attack on WikiLeaks? Microblogging site says no
A brief Twitter outage saw conspiracy theories swirl among users.
Tesco Bank customer accounts raided as 'suspicious activity' hits thousands of users
Customers have taken to social media to report losing hundreds of pounds.
WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube blocked in Turkey as top pro-Kurdish leaders detained
Internet monitoring group says restrictions were caused by slowing down the internet connection to the sites.
FBI launches internal probe into its own Twitter account following mysterious slew of controversial tweets
The FBI's records account, which was dormant for over a year, posted a series of controversial tweets about Trump and Bill Clinton.
Pro-Isis hackers claim shutting down Telegram channel of Raqqa-based Syrian activist group
The hackers abused Telegram's reporting mechanism to shut down the channel.
Facebook posts used to calculate car insurance prices for new drivers
UK insurance company says likes and language used in posts will be used to calculate quote, but not images.
Facebook testing Snapchat-style features in its main app
The features are currently being tested out in Ireland.
Hackers target all major UK banks with new Twitter phishing campaign
Hackers posing as customer support staff on Twitter to hoodwink customers into divulging credentials.
The internet is applauding this woman's courage in standing up to a cyber blackmailer
US-based Taruna Aswani took to social media to fight against cyberbullying.
Russian woman arrested after footage of tortured animals posted
Alina Orlova, 20, says the pictures were photoshopped and she is being set up.
Will Trump's Twitter bot army outpace Clinton during the third debate?
Fake social media accounts tweeting for Trump have been flooding the airwaves during debates.
Blue-eyed Pakistani tea vendor gets modeling offer as photo goes viral online
Arshad Khan, the 18-year-old, was signed up by online retailer Fitin.pk to model for their clothing brand.
Twitter bots push debate in favour of Donald Trump
During first Presidential debate fake accounts generated double the tweets for Trump than Clinton.
Trump says comedy show did 'hit job on me' for sketch poking fun at debate
Republican accuses Saturday Night Live as part of media conspiracy to 'rig' election.
John Podesta trolled Julian Assange by making risotto even as his emails were being leaked
WikiLeaks released round seven of Podesta emails totalling the number of leaked emails at over 10,000.
The video of a child being told his mum has died of a drug overdose isn't powerful - it's exploitative
As far as the father is concerned he performed a difficult public duty by showing his eight year-old suffer.

