Society/Community

FORT WORTH, Texas—A 42-year-old Alabama man uploaded to TikTok videos of himself lip-syncing to music and sharing depressive thoughts. A 14-year-old Texas girl responded.Before long, the two…

Facebook META -1.89% users have offered for sale on the platform handguns, rifles, shotguns and bullets to members of a forum devoted to…

Companies and the U.S. government are shelling out billions of dollars to establish a supply chain for batteries in North America, a manufacturing effort that is critical to the auto…

The startup behind the viral chatbot ChatGPT unveiled a tool for detecting text generated by artificial intelligence amid growing concerns the technology will be abused by cheaters, spammers…

WASHINGTON—As lawmakers push to ban or restrict Chinese-owned TikTok, one of the many hurdles they face is a pair of measures passed by Congress decades ago to let films, books and music…

There are helicopter parents and then there are parents who helicopter. Lauren Sánchez happens to be both.The Emmy-winning TV host–turned–helicopter pilot, who became a well-known name when…

Twitter Inc. under Elon Musk has reinstated several previously suspended Hindu nationalist accounts that were popular in India, one of its largest markets by…

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said it would reinstate former President Donald Trump ‘s Facebook and Instagram accounts, more than two years after they…

Amazon. AMZN -1.86% com Inc. said it would shut down its charitable-donation program AmazonSmile next month,…

WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint from Republicans that Google’s Gmail app aided Democratic candidates by sending GOP fundraising…