"It is too late to stop people from posting photos on social media in the interest of digital privacy. However, the reliance on AI is something we can target..."

New research investigates the social rewards and personality traits that drive people's problematic use of Facebook and Snapchat.

Facebook has allowed anti-vaxxers to gain a stronger voice against the HPV vaccine, a new study of 6,500 public posts finds.

Adding a protective filter to videos or photos people upload online could prevent them being turned into "deepfakes" that alter their meaning.

A new analysis of Facebook comments show how social media and identity can lead to hate and dehumanization of other people, step by step.

Experts offer guidelines and tools to keep you from falling prey to COVID-19 myths and lies, including those in doctored videos and memes.

Machine learning can scan social media to find out how entire communities are doing psychologically, researchers say. It could help boost public health.

Sharing photos and information as part of a game or challenge can threaten your social media security, an expert warns.

Pairing headlines of bunk news on social media with alerts indicating that it's not real news could help stop its spread online, researchers say.

AI experts can sway our opinions as much as human ones, new research shows. But when the crowd goes the other way, we're more likely to follow.