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As Congress continues to hold hearings on how tech companies can combat "fake news," one mentor of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the U.S. government should more strictly regulate the industry.

After days of silence over the Cambridge Analytica breach, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a statement. Zuckerberg's former mentor Roger McNamee shares his reaction with NPR's Ailsa Chang.

In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.

A case in Norfolk, Neb., highlights how evidence from online services is fair game in the post-Roe v. Wade era.

More than two dozen states have sued Meta over allegations that its social media platforms can be addicting and violate consumer protection and child safety laws.

In Anchorage, members of a social media group have collectively helped their fellow citizens locate everything from alligator meat to divorce lawyers to snow tires.

The social media owner announced it has taken down thousands of accounts in Nigeria that were linked to financial sexual extortion scams.

Social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter played a larger role than first thought in Russia's influence campaign against the 2016 U.S. presidential race — and Congress wants answers.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Neil Johnson, a professor of physics at George Washington University, about his study on the spread of scientific misinformation about the coronavirus and its effects.

Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with New York Times columnist Joe Nocera about the business news stories of a very busy 2012, which turned out to be a good year for some, not so much for others.