Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.

TikTok made a triumphant return Sunday morning after only a few hours offline. But Meta isn’t ready to give up the fight for its market share. Instagram is offering popular TikT

The European Commission will hold a stress test with large social media platforms next week to see whether they have done enough to counter disinformation in the run-up to next month's German election,

As TikTok resumes service following its brief ban, fellow social media giant Meta now faces a user boycott amid significant platform changes.

If you were surprised to see yourself suddenly following President Donald Trump on Instagram and Facebook this week, it’s not because Meta forced you to, the social media company says.

Blocking Facebook and Instagram accounts on TikTok is simple and can be done in a few quick steps: Search for the Accounts: Open TikTok and use the search bar to find the official accounts for Facebook and Instagram. Access Blocking Options: Click on the three-dot menu in the top-right corner of the account's profile page.

Meta stands to be one of the largest beneficiaries of a TikTok ban in the US, analysts say. Through ad dollars alone, Meta could rake in up to $3.38B.

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively, is now raising funds on

A new survey revealed that frequent social media use leads to higher irritability. In the study, published in JAMA Network

But due to the secretive, black box nature of algorithms like Meta’s, it’s very hard to fact-check such claims. Jillian York, author of Silicon Values: The Future of Free Speech Under Surveillance Capitalism,

Verizon ( VZ 1.14%) stock is climbing Friday following the company's fourth-quarter earnings release. The telecom company's share price was up 1.3% as of 12:15 p.m. ET and had been up as much as 3.9% earlier in the daily session.