El-Sayed under fire online after taking aim at Usha Vance, female Trump aide in weekend social media posts

Abdul El-Sayed's post about Usha Vance and JD Vance's grandfather sparked accusations of racism and sexism from Rep. Brandon Gill and others.

Some of Abdul El-Sayed's music-video-style social ads were made by the same agency behind Zohran Mamdani's campaign.

Between February and April 2026, violence surged in Plateau State amid misinformation, inflammatory narratives, and graphic content on social media. This investigation examines how unverified claims circulated on Facebook, influenced public perception and real-world attacks.

'People who use a social media platform should have a greater say in the kinds of information shown to them. If platform designers, the public and policymakers can create new tools that facilitate this goal, then perhaps platforms can better support the values and actions people care about,' researchers say

Do your social media accounts feed you content that reflects your core beliefs and guiding principles? Our new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the algorithms supplying your feeds may be prioritizing content that clashes with your values. That’s because the algorithms

Sunderland City Councillor Glenn Gibbins appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court in South Shields

Sunderland City Councillor Glenn Gibbins, 66, will appear on Friday at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court in connection with an alleged Facebook post from 2024

“The power conferred upon the State cannot be wielded as an instrument of harassment or intimidation, particularly where political motivations may be at play,” says Justice Sandeep Mehta’s judgment

Bodybuilder Dwayne Quamina, better known as King Q, died on Sunday − as tributes continue to pour in for the hardcore athlete, who was described as a "devoted father"

The duration of these takedowns coincided with the widespread protests by students led by the Cockroach Janata Party on the NEET paper leak issue.

New research suggests that social media algorithms supplying your feeds may be prioritizing content that clashes with your values.

X may feed you content you're into, but it may feed you even more that riles you up. Nicole Amidon Do your social media accounts feed you content that reflects your core beliefs and guiding principles? Our new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the algorithms supplying

Gibbins is due in court on Friday after being charged over his offensive social media comment

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Wednesday that South Korea received no prior notice concerning Washington's decision to scale down the Korea-US joint military exercise before US President Donald Trump's social media post on Sunday. "Neither our government nor US government officials were aware of what was revealed on Tr

North Korea has long voiced outrage at the drills, considering them dress rehearsals for an invasion.