By 2021, there will be almost as many personal-assistant bots on the planet as people.

While WhatsApp helps politicians reach voters and constituents in areas that don't otherwise have access to the internet, it also extends the reach and primacy of Facebook (who own the platform) in the democratic process in these countries.

Twitter has something of a reputation as a haven for trolls. The social media platform has also been heavily criticized over the years for the way it deals with these trolls, and other people who harass and hate on individuals. But things are improving.

Around 3.7 billion people use some kind of social media service. According to a survey conducted by Nielson Ratings, the total time spent on social media by United States citizens has eclipsed 121 billion minutes. That’s nearly 230,000 years spent scrolling through sites and apps like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

The CEO of the company said that new EU copyright rules 'threaten to shut down the ability of millions of people' .

The Internet was not designed with privacy and security at top of mind. It was built to spread information, not contain it, and has succeeded at this central objective in spectacular fashion.

Before Mark Zuckerberg thought of Facebook, we were still connecting with our family and friends. Before the era of social media, life was lived, the sky was still blue, and the sun still shone.

But should investigators have the right to do that?

Sometimes even Facebook executives don’t understand the vast reach of their ad targeting operation.

Can taking selfies become an addiction?

Is this why the Instagram founders resigned? Reportedly, the platform has recently been spotted working on a new privacy setting, through which it will basically be able to share your location history with Facebook.

Parents will be able to manage their teens’ existing Google accounts with Family Link.

The use of Google’s YouTube as a destination from which to spread jihadi terrorist propaganda online is dramatically declining, according to an intelligence group that tracks online extremism.

The bad news: Private data was stolen. The good: Fewer accounts were affected.

The generation born after 2000 has a very deep impact of social media on their lives.

California governor Jerry Brown signed regulations into law last Friday (Sept. 30) that should make it easier for Californians to know whether they’re speaking to a human or a bot.

To bridge educational losses suffered by Syrians displaced by war, a new MIT accelerator looks to technology—and personal connections.

Google is now issuing flood warnings using AI to detect and issue flood warnings – starting in India – to help people prepare better for the situation. The company issued its first alert last month in the state of Bihar in India where it’s partnered with the country’s Central Water Commission.

Directing your child through a world of constant internet access and an inescapable dependence of social media can be difficult.

Google recently announced a new confidence mode to the masses earlier this year that permits timed deleting of sent email messages. Touted as a new securi­­ty feature in Gmail, a flagship product of multinational Alphabet Inc., it remains to be seen whether such a vapor trail-enabling functionality is a good thing or something ominous.