SOCIAL MEDIA

Normally the longer a website is around, the more reliable it becomes. That hasn't been the case in the Wild West world of digital piracy.

The terrorist group has recruited more than 3,000 Westerners to Iraq and Syria thanks in part to its social media strategy.

The film features one of the convicts from the New Delhi gang-rape case of December 2012.

YouTube is testing a feature that automatically plays more videos on more than 100 million of its users.

The microblogging service has boosted the number of employees charged with protecting users from harassment.

Know what you're virtually talking about with these hashtags and terms used on social media sites like Twitter and Instagram.

For at least a year before Apple got in on the act, independent emoji keyboard apps were being sold that include racially diverse emoticon characters.

Suicidal thoughts often surface on the social network, which unveiled new tools to intervene.

Many Americans arrested for attempting to join the extremist group and fight in the Middle East are teenagers.

Fark.com founder Drew Curtis has no political experience, but he's hoping his outsider status will help him tap into a frustrated electorate.

She's one of nearly 70 people charged with insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since he was elected in August.

Officers are watching Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to head off any more massive youth gatherings.

"Fashion Police" star Kelly Osbourne said Zendaya Coleman is her friend.

By replicating Netflix's clean interface and deep movie catalog, Popcorn Time has quickly become the bane of international copyright enforcers.

Sexually explicit material traditionally has been available on Blogger if site administrators hid it behind a pop-up warning.

Instead of investing in better cybersecurity, more companies are simply advising employees to watch what they say in corporate emails.

Twitter wasn't laughing when Sean Penn cracked an immigration joke about Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Norm Macdonald went on an "SNL 40"-themed Twitter rant Wednesday.

India's foreign secretary will soon visit capitals of SAARC countries, including Islamabad.

The world's biggest video-sharing site turns 10 this month, and it has played a key role in the transformation of the Internet.

The Pirate Bay's downfall in December created a piracy vacuum that was quickly filled by KickAss Torrents. For how long remains to be seen.

An anonymous whistleblower is back, and warning that members of Mugabe's secret police will go missing.

TV censorship? Check. Radio censorship? Check. Online news censorship? Check. Next up? Internet browsing.

Thanks to its brand usage guidelines, Facebook may refuse to boost posts that make it look bad.

The hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter shot up to nearly 15,000 usages per hour early Wednesday morning.

Rapidshare will close down on March 31, with the site warning users to backup their files before it's too late.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lost local elections in Delhi state to rival Aam Aadmi Party, which won by a record margin.

The video streaming service has a plan to launch in another 150 countries over the next two years. Well, make that 149 countries.

Turkey and Russia asked Twitter to take down content critical of their governments.