An elementary school teacher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, used the viral sharing power of Facebook to teach her 6th-grade students a lesson in how quickly information can spread over social media. The teacher, Melissa Bour, became disturbed when she saw many of her students on Facebook taking selfies while posing in revealing clothing and giving the…

Early this week, Facebook finally and officially implemented the Graph Search function that had previously only been in a beta stage, allowing users to search through any piece of content that has ever been shared with them on the site. The feature, which has been tested on a small group of users since September 2013,…

According to researchers at GlobalWebIndex, less and less people are using Facebook. The research firm’s study found that the average Internet user in 2013 had 4.7 social media accounts, while the average user in 2014 has 5.2. Even though that would seem to be bad news for Facebook and its advertisers, it isn’t; the site…

When Pennsylvania man Anthony Elonis took his case to the Supreme Court, claiming that threats he made against his wife and an FBI agent counted as free speech, many social media experts were curious to see the results. So far in the case, however, the Supreme Court has seemed extremely unlikely to protect Facebook threats…

According to a study released by advertising firm RadiumOne, 69 percent of all online sharing activity takes place via “dark social.” Dark social is defined as sharing that occurs in emails, texts, messages and any communication method that can’t be tracked. The study, which surveyed over 9,000 people, found that only 23 percent of online…

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI issued a joint bulletin on Sunday night warning US service members to remove any information from their social media accounts that could be used by ISIS to target them. Islamic radicals use social media to spread propaganda and to seek out sympathizers for possible recruitment. It’s also…

Countless Facebook users have posted the status update shown below in attempt to protect their private information on Facebook: “Today, 12/01/2014 in response to the Facebook guidelines and under articles L.111, 112 and 113 of the code of intellectual property, I declare that my rights are attached to all my personal songs, lyrics, literary excerpts,…

According to a group of British Members of Parliament (MPs), Facebook should be forced to feature privacy warnings similar to the mandatory health warnings on cigarette packs. The British government, angry over the site’s lack of ability to detect terrorist threats, have vocally criticized the social media giant with increasing regularity in recent weeks. The…

According to a report from the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee, the 2013 murder of British soldier Lee Rigby might have been prevented if Facebook had flagged the graphic messages posted by the two extremists who murdered him in the days leading up to the attack. The report said that Michael Adebowale, one of the attackers,…

Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will take on the case of a man, Anthony Elonis, who made threats against his wife on Facebook. A lower court ruled that Elonis’ comments represented a “true threat” to his wife, though Elonis and his defense team claim that he was simply “blowing off steam.” In 2010, Elonis’…