CHICAGO (AP) — The State Department says Russia is using a well-developed online operation that includes a loose collection of proxy websites to stir up confusion around the coronavirus by amplifying conspiracy theories and misinformation. …

I’m not the best one to start talking about technology.  Believe me, I am learning with everyone new ways to communicate and reach others at a distance through technology. Covid-19 has forced us to learn…

Four years after Russia-linked groups stoked divisions in the U.S. presidential election on social media platforms, a new report shows that Moscow’s campaign hasn’t let up and has become harder to detect.  The report  from…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called today for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies to urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and prevent children from accessing pornography online.…

Hi, Carolyn: Recently a friend’s child posted a photo of themselves with an ethnic slur on social media. The photo went viral and I suspect there is significant fallout. I don’t have a child at…

The United States may not be the only target of Vladimir Putin’s social media warfare, but many Americans do seem particularly vulnerable to Russian agents’ tricks. Consider Russian operatives’ malicious use of social media platforms…

Dear Carolyn: My husband and I have been trying to conceive for the better part of a year now with no success. It’s been tough, especially with several close friends and family members getting pregnant…

Floodwaters have tormented much of Missouri in recent months. But it’s the toxic streams of social media and small-town politics that have converged to put the city of Lexington in the national spotlight and leave…

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When the Associated Press published Julia Le Duc’s photograph of a drowned Salvadoran man, Óscar Alberto Martínez…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators moved to discipline vaping companies for inappropriately promoting their flavored nicotine formulas through so-called influencers on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. The Food and Drug Administration sent warning…