Communications Major

How to take something that has flaws — and break it completely.

Democrats are breathing easier. Republicans are crying censorship. For all of the country’s news consumers, a strange quiet has descended after a four-year bombardment of presidential verbiage.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that the company is blocking US President Donald Trump from its platform “indefinitely.” The ban will be in place for “at least the next two weeks,” the company said.

This is the first time a major platform has banned Trump.

Want to reach voters across the aisle online? That’ll cost extra, a new study finds.

Disinformation experts are preparing for fast-twitch media manipulation, droves of false and misleading claims and hyper-polarized audiences fiercely clinging to their side’s version of reality.

Critics have wondered whether the president’s more violent tweets — including those directed at North Korea — could merit a suspension or ban. Here’s what Twitter says.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus negative stories about Hillary Clinton.

Facebook, Google and Twitter disclosed more about Russian agents’ use of their platforms in the 2016 election as they prepare for hearings before Congress.

A petition launched by billionaire Democratic donor Tom Steyer calling for President Trump's impeachment has surpassed 1 million signatures.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, promised “more human review and oversight” to make sure offensive terms aren’t used to target ads.

Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory? Two reporters from Zurich-based Das Magazin went data-gathering.​

Making news and issuing statements on social media sites that also include Facebook and Instagram will "absolutely" continue, despite earlier promise.

Twitter announced the year’s biggest topics and tweets in news and politics, but matters of identity and safety were also prominent.

Internal documents suggest Facebook has long known its algorithms and recommendation systems push some users to extremes.

The transition of official White House social media handles is more complicated now than four years ago.

Nearly three out of four social media users think President Donald Trump should face a permanent ban or temporary suspension on social media if he spreads misinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, according to a new poll from Morning Consult.

The poll of 2,044 social media users found a near even split on whether Trump should face a ban or suspension — 37 percent believe he should get a permanent ban, 36 percent think Trump should be temporarily suspended. Politicians and journalists were among the most common professions that people believed should face repercussions over false or misleading information related to Covid-19.

David Plouffe, the former Obama campaign manager, will advise the effort, which aims to compete with the president on his terms.

Your interest in Kim Kardashian West can tell researchers how extroverted (very), how conscientious (more than most) and how open-minded (only somewhat) you are.

In its final, climactic push for Donald Trump, the Kremlin’s troll army enlisted new members: semi-dormant propaganda accounts created as far back as 2009.

On Thursday night, Trump's account was briefly deactivated by a rogue customer support employee on their last day of work at Twitter. The fact that a single Twitter employee could shutdown the account of a major public figure without oversight raises serious questions about the site's security.

Russia was involved.

For the first time, a social media company will provide answers in a public hearing about Russian efforts to swing the 2016 presidential election.

Barack Obama's tweet condemning racism following the violent far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has become the most-liked in Twitter history.

We’re witnessing the stirrings of a national popular movement aimed at defeating the policies of the president.