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Emoticons reveal subtle clues about your personality – but how do others interpret them?
New research shows young men are more likely to make friends but women tend to have the strongest friendships.
A digital age of consent could ensure internet users know what they’re getting into. But where to draw the line is tricky.
Social isolation in old age is a significant social concern. It is linked to a range of health problems and, in extreme cases, it can lead to people growing old and dying alone.
The social network giant is developing new software that could be used to help personalise learning in schools. It’s a move that should have some worried they could lose business.
The media often paints social media as a dangerous place for young people, but the reality is far more complex and nuanced.
People with ‘fake’ identities can do harm but how widespread is so-called catfishing on social media?
You often hear it said that ‘privacy is dead’. Our cybersecurity expert explains why that’s not true, yet.
By bidding the price of unhealthy food down, fast food marketers are normalising everyday consumption.
Baseless claims about the damage done to kids’ development create needless panic. And they distract from legitimate, evidence-based concerns with which parents need to engage.
Young adults can be easily derailed. Close to 60% students take six years to finish their four-year undergraduate program. How can you help?
The leading cause of death in the world are a group of illnesses known as non-commmunicable diseases. But a growing body of evidence shows they’re actually social contagions.
You may think your social media friends are only good for keeping you up with all the latest gossip and trends but research published today has found they can also help save you in the event of any natural…
Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. So said Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years. Now that we spend so much time online, our digital…
Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo recently admitted in a leaked memo to staff how serious a problem online abuse and trolling on Twitter was, one that the social network has so far failed to tackle…
This week I have mainly been driving to towns the arse end of nowhere … shut roads and twats in caravans = road rage and loads of fags smoked. Anyone familiar with the terrifying terrain of the Twittersphere…
Ello is enjoying its moment of fame – in part thanks to its use of the latest fad in corporate legal structures. The eight-month-old social network is still in beta, and has nothing like the brand recognition…
You are right to worry about what internet companies do with your digital identity. There is reason to fear for online privacy. The European Union’s ruling on the right to be forgotten is one of the more…
Standing on a stage in San Francisco in early 2010, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that as internet users had become more comfortable sharing their lives online, privacy was no longer a “social…
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