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The theory, which began on the forum website 4chan, was spread by right-wing Facebook pages and even Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona.

As news of the Uvalde school shooting broke, false rumors began to spread that the shooter, Salvador Ramos, was transgender. People including Rep. Paul Gosar, Alex Jones and Candace Owens shared photos of a trans woman from Georgia unconnected to the shooter and said she was Ramos. As NBC OUT reporter Jo Yurcaba explains, the misinformation originated on 4chan, a...

A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded that it was overreach for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida Legislature to tell the social media companies how to conduct their work.

Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years. It’s just not clear they’re moving quickly enough.

An artist edited Vladimir Putin and Adolf Hitler onto a Time magazine cover, and many people falsely assumed the image was real – then shared it widely around social media. Reporter Maya Broadwater from Mediawise, a digital media literacy and factchecking group, explains.

Disappointed travelers are creating their own social media videos to show how photoshopped travel images look different from real places.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Biden is concerned about the power of social media platforms, but declined to comment specifically on Elon Musk’s pending buyout of Twitter.

On Saturday, April 23, Keke Palmer opened up about an “uncomfortable” incident she had with someone who repeatedly asked to take her picture and wouldn’t take no for an answer.

Twitter says it will no longer allow advertisers on its site who deny the scientific consensus on climate change.

The European Union agreed on new digital regulations Friday that will force tech giants like to police illegal content on their platforms more aggressively.

Former President Barack Obama said on Thursday that tech “platforms seems to be tilting us in the wrong direction.”

Social media has given journalists and the public access to a huge amount of information from the war in Ukraine, but separating fact from disinformation has never been harder. Members of the NBC Social Newsgathering team joined NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker to walk him through how they vet social media videos to get at the truth.

Elon Musk announced Thursday morning that he wants to buy Twitter. What would his purchase of the social media platform mean for our society? And what does it say about the growing power and influence of the billionaire class in our world?

NFL WR JuJu Smith-Schuster’s viral video of pouring water into a cup was thrilling, but what is the science behind it?

In China, there is no regulation around NFTs yet. Users can buy these digital collectibles from a marketplace but secondary trading is heavily restricted.

China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers and lifestyle influencers on U.S.-owned social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and YouTube

In rising for 11 straight days, Apple’s market cap is nearing $3 trillion.

Spotify promised the feature, which is a small blue tab that points to its Covid-19 information hub, nearly two months ago.

Options contracts can be a useful investment tool to hedge risk, but they can also be incredibly risky without the proper strategy and execution.

Elon Musk said he is giving “serious thought” to building a new social media platform in a Tweet on Saturday.