Additionally, 23% of teens who haven't taken a break from social media said they would like to.

Facebook's system for policing prohibited content is garnering fresh criticism after another horrifying murder-suicide was broadcast live, this time in Thailand.

A survey by the United Nations found that digital payments via social media across all categories reached an astonishing $2.9 trillion in 2016.

This week, digital payments platform Square Inc. bought Yik Yak's entire engineering team, paying under $3 million for a group of less than ten personnel.

Overall, 21% of U.S. adults say they don't use social media despite having Internet access, and another 10% don't use the Internet at all.

The app, called Infield Chatter, is intended to give the players more of an independent voice online, distinct from the social media presences of their teams.

Marketers are pushing the boundaries on acceptable practices in their social media influencer campaigns - and regulators are pushing back.

A study published in Nature, shows that exercise - specifically running - is "contagious" across online social networks.

Reeling from another gruesome crime video posted on the social network, Facebook is scrambling to explain how new procedures will help ensure that inappropriate content is swiftly removed in future. But it's an open question whether any system based on self-policing by the Facebook community will ever be able to respond fast enough to satisfy critics and advertisers.

Unsurprisingly Pinterest, generally viewed as a female-oriented network, saw the biggest divergence, with 45.4% of teen girls on board, but just 9% of boys.