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The dispute between HUD and Facebook over how advertisers target ads looks to be coming to a head. How did we get here?

The Democratic presidential hopeful has proposed dismantling Apple, Facebook, Google, and Amazon monopolies.

New research finds social media is not the main driver of why so many people fall for misinformation about candidates and issues.

Facebook and YouTube rushed to remove violent videos. An expert discusses why we need a "reckoning" for online content moderation.

The company announced Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers of housing, jobs, and credit to target people based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, national origin, family status, and disability.

A Facebook event planned seven years in advance became observational comedy about the weird geography of a world built by Palo Alto coders.

The little-known provision that empowers tech companies to experiment with new ways of imposing and enforcing norms on new sites of discourse could be changed.

A landmark decision in Germany's antitrust authority determined that Facebook could not combine data from its other entities without user consent.

New developments in the private sector provide a striking contrast from China's perceived status as a surveillance state—even as the government continues to monitor its citizens.

New reports have implicated Facebook and other social media platforms for their role in the spread of anti-vaccine propaganda.

A new study finds those who deactivate Facebook are happier than those who don't. But there are reasons to believe this might not be true of the elderly.

New research finds the 65-and-over demographic was most inclined to share fabricated news reports during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Facebook, Spotify, Tinder—all have used the land down under as a test dummy for new features.

The complaint alleges Facebook discriminated against women and non-binary people by allowing employers to target men in job advertisements.

How can universities convince them to share that information?

But only if they are structured in a way that deemphasizes users' partisan identities.

HUD's complaint alleges that, by allowing landlords and sellers to choose who sees their ads, the social media platform is fostering housing discrimination.

A second study links use of the social media platform with lower political knowledge.

The social media company says it's working to resolve concerns that the policy will silence countless activists, particularly undocumented people decrying the Trump administration.

A conversation with Siva Vaidhyanathan about why social media platforms aren't doing a better job at removing bigotry and misinformation.

Lack of trust in the news in the U.S. runs deep.

A new book argues that American democracy depends on an unlikely source: the English department.

Technology seat belts could help prevent the next Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Rohit Chopra, the newly installed commissioner of the FTC, is moving for a tougher stance from the watchdog group to push back against Trump's deregulatory agenda.