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Melanotan gained popularity on social media for its ability to give users a tan without the sun - but experts are warning against the popular drug, now being bought on the black market.

Social media giant Meta and subsidiaries have copped $20 million in fines after an app that claimed protect personal information was found to have collected user data for commercial benefit.

Previously, Musk said he was bidding "adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds".

The term millennial refers to anyone born between '81 and '96, and Gen Z refers to anyone born from '97 through 2012. Along the blurry edge at the cusp of the two generations, between Gen Y and Z, is where zillennials live.

Elon Musk said he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an X from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform last year.

A graphic video has emerged on social media from Manipur amidst ongoing ethnic violence in the north-eastern Indian state.

A BBC news anchor who was forced to face his fears live on-air has captured the hearts of people all over the world with one hilariously relatable confession.

A Scottish man who rose to fame after the dress his mother-in-law wore to a wedding sent the internet into total meltdown has been been charged with the attempted murder of his long-term wife.

Police say the man, 33, first listed the phoney gold online on social media, attempting to attract buyers and lure them to meet in person to make the sale.

Meta's new social media platform Threads is taking off like wildfire, with a million users joining the platform every four hours in its early days.

Twitter is threatening Meta with a lawsuit after the blockbuster launch of Meta's new Twitter rival, Threads.

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations".

Some Australians are ditching their credit and debit cards this week in protest of what they say is an increasingly cashless society.

Meta has good timing because Twitter users are growing frustrated with Musk's changes and looking for a viable alternative, an expert says.

With just five words, a recent tweet from Kraft Heinz sparked a bit of a debate about how you should store your ketchup.

The restrictions could result in users being locked out of Twitter for the day after scrolling through several hundred tweets

French President Emmanuel Macron urged parents to keep teenagers at home and proposed restrictions on social media to quell rioting spreading across France that has resulted so far in the arrests of 875 people.

Online behemoths have long struggled to combat misinformation, leading to all kinds of societal and political flash points and problems.

Posting photos of children online has become normal for the latest generation of parents but experts are increasingly warning of the dangers around the practice.

A popular US music label is bringing its trademark show to Australia for the first time, and punters who want to attend have to be aware of one clear rule - no phones.

A strange object found in a school meal in China was the head of a rat, Chinese authorities have concluded, overturning previous official reassurances that it was duck neck.

A popular Perth restaurant, run by a well-known celebrity chef, has moved to "ban vegans" from dining after a dispute with a customer turned ugly.

The soccer referee who received widespread support after his jaw was broken in an on-field fight must wait eight months to contest charges that he assaulted a woman at a northern Sydney pub.

The death of a social media influencer in China has fuelled a debate over how to regulate the online industry.

An egg so perfectly round the chances of coming across one are a billion to one has been discovered at a Victorian supermarket.

What would happen if every single person on facebook or twitter decided to stop posting? That's the question millions are asking on popular website Reddit.

TikTok has released its active user numbers for the Australian market for the first time.

Influencers in France caught flouting the nation's strict new ad laws could now face time behind bars, or fines worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

NSW Premier Chris Minns scored social media points hours before State of Origin got underway for another year.

A man charged with making threats on social media says he will behave after a court banned him from contacting Brittany Higgins, her fiance and an MP.

Twelve hours after Sanqiange had downed four bottles of Chinese vodka, his family found him dead.

The new WhatsApp feature follows a similar move by Apple's iMessage last autumn to let users edit messages up to five times within 15 minutes after sending.

Instagram users across the world were met with error messages, indicating that the social media site was experiencing a worldwide outage.

The US Supreme Court handed Silicon Valley a massive victory on Thursday as it protected online platforms from two lawsuits that legal experts had warned could have upended the internet.

To some, it's an important means of social justice and holding powerful figures to account. But to others, it's often "misused and misdirected" and has become a form of mob rule.

"The company's recklessness has put young users at risk, and Facebook needs to answer for its failures."

If you're looking for a job, love animals and don't take yourself too seriously, an opportunity at this wildlife sanctuary might pique your interest.

Much of the focus in recent months has been on privacy concerns around popular social media app TikTok.

The Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney partnership quickly brought an onslaught of criticism from some people, even triggering bomb threats

High-profile users who lost their blue checks Thursday included Beyonce, Pope Francis and former President Donald Trump.

Prize-winning organisation's closure indicates "relationship between news publishers and social media is pretty much over".

The station conducted some basic services - but it also performed a more “sinister” function on behalf of the communist government.

According to charging documents, Jack Teixeira held a top secret security clearance and allegedly began posting information about the documents online around December 2022, and photos of documents in January.

Elon Musk has laid off more than 6000 people at Twitter since taking over the company, he has told the BBC in a rare interview.

Young deviants are posting videos on social media of brazen attacks on people's homes and cars.

British actress Millie Bobby Brown has fans thinking she and partner, Jake Bongiovi, are engaged, after the couple posted photos to social media on Tuesday.

Thabo Bester was at large for a year after it was thought he died by setting himself on fire in his prison cell.

Two peak advocacy bodies for people who live with a disability called on One Nation to remove the video and replace it with a public apology.

With rental vacancies across the county dipping to just 1.47 per cent, and conditions showing no sign of slowing down, it's tough out there to be a renter right now.

Beijing has slammed Canberra's plan to remove the controversial app from government phones and devices.