Social Media

Young people's ability to navigate the Internet can be summed up in one word: bleak.

The #trashtag challenge inspired people to clean up beaches, parks, rivers, or just random trash strewn on the street.

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.

In recent months, YouTube has emerged as something of a flourishing option for white supremacist and neo-Nazi videos—spreading ideas cited by the alleged New Zealand mosque gunman.

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

The Federal Trade Commission has fined the video-sharing social media app TikTok $5.7 million for illegally collecting data of children under 13, a record-setting amount for a child privacy violation.

This new hire will oversee our social media outreach and help build a deeper relationship with our audience.

Pinterest has taken a more extreme approach to banning anti-vaccine content than Facebook. Here's how that could help.

We're currently looking for two fellows, one focused on visuals and one focused on social media and engagement, to join us for a one-year program starting in July.

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

Research shows media reporting on mass shootings might incentivize further mass shootings. But it's unclear whether removing the shooter's name from coverage will change that.

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.

A new study of NBA players documents the cost of sleep deprivation.

Fries aren't the healthiest food, but they do not act alone.

The congresswoman-elect connects with young voters, promoting progressive positions while chopping peppers and making noodles.

Just before the vote, a video with homophobic overtones appeared across multiple social media networks and may have helped steer the election toward far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.

New research pinpoints how the desire for excitement inspires support for violent extremism.

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Alison Head, a co-author of a new report on the media habits of almost 6,000 college students, explains why news consumption has become an arduous task for younger generations.

There's new evidence that we trust the expertise of fellow political partisans, even when there is reason not to.

A new analysis finds that, between February of 2012 and July of 2018, a total of 1,367 cheetahs were offered on sale through 906 posts on social media.

An exclusive newsletter that brings premium members Pacific Standard stories, staff, and contributors directly to their inbox on a regular basis.

Monopolization, data-privacy, and on-going labor concerns are all aspects of the issue that are seemingly flying under the radar.

New research finds incivility decreases politicians' public approval, even in a hyper-partisan environment.