The White House launches a Facebook page for US President Barack Obama and used the social media platform to send a message on climate change.

A Syrian boy whose disappearance from a hospital in Belgrade while on the European refugee trail sparked a huge social media campaign is reunited with his parents in Germany.

It is unwise to post a winning ticket on social media, and someone just learnt it the hard way!

A teenage Instagram star makes an emotional statement about the dark side of social media.

Facebook says it is expanding its mobile alerts to include sports scores, weather updates and local news updates.

Facebook is testing a new video section on its platform.

Photos of female cabin crew lying in the overhead luggage compartments on board a Chinese airline goes viral on social media.

Facebook will begin testing a new feature allowing users in Ireland and Spain to express a range of emotions on posts starting Friday -- but there will be no "dislike" button, the social network says.

Facebook is to launch a satellite that will provide internet access to remote parts of Africa, the social network's founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

Here are a few internet security and privacy basics to save you from the hassle of having your information or account stolen.

More than one out of every three 12- to 15-year-olds wake in the night at least once a week just to use social media, a Cardiff University study suggests.

Teenagers' mental health can be put at risk by constant pressure to post on social media, a study has found.

Japanese social media users have been posting their own creative designs after Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games logo controversy.

Now the question is, can we say whatever we want on Facebook, Twitter or blogs? Some argue that comments made on social media should be ignored as they are people's very personal expressions. However, social media embody two spheres—a private sphere and a public sphere— simultaneously.

The US space agency has dismissed the much talked about rumour on social media and various posts stating that a giant space rock impacting the Blue Marble sometime between September 15-28 this year, reports the Times of India.

From the horror of the warehouse blasts in China's port city of Tianjin comes a tale of survival that has bewitched Chinese social media users and become a symbol of hope amid the relentless flow of dark news and images.

A video of a wealthy-looking Bahraini apparently slapping a man who appears to be a migrant worker has shocked social media users across the country, and now led to several arrests.

Social media users are rallying around Aussie Rules footballer Adam Goodes, after he became embroiled in a racism row with fans.

New video footage shows mall employees experience a close shave just minutes before Xiang Liujuan was killed in the escalator mishap.

Half of the world's estimated online population now check in to the social networking giant Facebook at least once a month.