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Pornhub's parent company has settled a lawsuit brought by 50 women who said they were victims of a sex-trafficking operation. The women said that Girls Do Porn, an adult content provider, coerced them into having sex on…

Online abuse against women is on the rise, but why aren't the police, the government and social media companies doing more to stop it? Warning: Story contains strong language I'm the BBC's first…

TikTok has announced a series of changes it says are designed to protect its teenage users' wellbeing. Users aged 12-15 will not receive push notifications from 21:00 - and for 16- and 17-year-olds, from 22:00. This is to help…

An innocent campaigner arrested after downloading and tweeting documents he says he found in a Google search, says the experience was "horrendous". Police suspected Robert Hutchinson had breached the Computer Misuse Act by…

Twitter has temporarily suspended Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene for posting "misleading" information about coronavirus. The social media giant said her account would be in "read-only mode" for 12 hours. Ms Greene,…

Sayantani Mitra say she now scrolls through listings on Facebook Marketplace "for hours". A 28-year-old from Oxford, prior to the pandemic she "would buy everything from charity shops, whether that's furniture, clothes, or bags and…

Flatter stomachs, bigger lips, smoother skin. When we're scrolling through photos on social media, it's sometimes hard to tell what's been edited. But would a disclaimer stating the post had been filtered or modified help to…

Chrissy Teigen has broken a month-long social media silence to apologise for bullying several people on Twitter. In a blog post, the US model reflected on "the crushing weight of regret for the things I've said in the past".…

A woman who worked for beauty YouTuber James Charles says she has received online death threats since making her legal action against him public. Kelly Rocklein claims she was fired two weeks after fainting and hitting her head…

A teenager's rant that led to her getting kicked off her cheerleading team has reached the US Supreme Court. Brandi Levy sent a profanity-laden post to her friends on Snapchat in 2017, venting her frustrations with…

Thousands across India are outraged after the government ordered social media platform Twitter to remove posts critical of its handling of the virus. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed it had blocked some material from…

Warning: this story contains disturbing adult themes. Michael was 14 when he first went on to the video chat site Omegle. He'd heard about it at school and was intrigued by its notorious reputation for unpredictable…

As a member of one of the most famous and glamorous families on the planet, Khloe Kardashian is rarely pictured looking less than a million dollars. The TV star and social media influencer and her team usually know how to produce…

"I would really appreciate if you take that down. I'm a really private person." Actress Rachel Bilson has recalled her surprise on receiving this message from old school friend and fellow film star Remi Malek after she had posted…

A pair of YouTubers have pleaded guilty to faking a bank robbery that led to an unsuspecting Uber driver being held at gunpoint by police. Alan and Alex Stokes, 24, who have six million followers on their channel,…

People in the UK have been sharing personal safety tips on social media following the death of Sarah Everard who disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house in south London last week. Police have confirmed that a body…

"I felt so shocked, I was scared of what everyone would think of me." When Nicole Peterkin received a message from an old friend on Instagram asking about her account she thought it was a mistake. But the…

Faye Easter was 21 and looking after her three-month old son when she got the Instagram message. "Hey, I've been looking at your feed and I think you'd be perfect for this new business opportunity I…

image copyrightGetty Images Critics of Facebook say the company's ban on news appearing on its platform in Australia has made it more difficult for people to access reliable sources - and increased the influence of bad and…

A social-media influencer has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a plot to obtain a domain name at gunpoint. Rossi Lorathio Adams II, 27, built up more than a million followers by posting videos of partying Iowa State University…

Hundreds of porn stars and sex workers had their Instagram accounts deleted this year, and many say that they're being held to a different standard than mainstream celebrities. "I should be able to model my Instagram account on Sharon…