Last week the federal government revealed it will begin regularly screening social media profiles as part of its process for issuing security clearances to individuals.

"Sextortion" is another unfortunate neologism of the Internet age, referring to a practice in which a criminal hacks another person's private pictures or video and then uses this with the threat of exposure to extort more compromising content.

Frequent social media use is correlated with a higher risk of eating disorders and negative body image, according to a new study.

People are still in shock from the untimely passing of Prince on April 21 and Facebook recently took a moment to round up all the tributes left by famous and ordinary people alike on the social network.

Facebook is denying claims that it has an anti-conservative bias in its trending news postings, as alleged yesterday by Gizmodo in a story citing former Facebook employees.

At least Google+ isn't alone. Apple is turning down the volume on Connect, the social component of Apple Music.

There seems to be a general consensus that "ghosting" - basically disappearing from someone's life after a brief social media or text message, is not really acceptable behavior.

While millennials are generally pro-technology and big fans of media, it will come as no surprise that this warm embrace does not extend to advertising.

Donald Trump supporters are some of the most aggressive social media tub-thumpers, according to a new survey.

Half of teenagers (48%) said they have experienced online bullying via social media, and eight of ten say they know someone who has been cyberbullied.