Tag: social media

Tristan Thompson rubbed Kardashian fans the wrong way with a mystery woman. However, Khloe Kardashian is standing up for his choices.

Elon Musk has bought shares from Twitter after accusing the microblogging platform of not allowing freedom of speech in a recent poll.

And the Funniest Dad of the Year Award goes to....

Twitter has recently brought out a new debate on how many doors and wheels there are in the doors wheels debate. Here's the scoop.

Aussie arm of global pressure group says YouTube must be transparent about how it is tackling the problem of Covid misinformation.

Researchers find that young women are particularly susceptible and can suffer with self-worth issues and harmful body images.

Accused duped trusting online shoppers into buying a multitool she was advertising on Facebook Marketplace, but never intended to deliver.

Greens worried that the social media platform enables ‘behaviour which threatens democracy’ but remains largely self-governing.

Social media platform says it removed around 110,000 pieces of content from Aussie accounts that spread Covid misinformation.

You wouldn't give a stranger your phone number, your date of birth or a photo album of your children. Yet this is common on social media.

Australian Federal Police issue warning to maximise privacy settings and avoid giving out too much information when posting photos online.

A UK woman was lucky to escape death or serious injury after falling onto a busy highway while filming a Snapchat social media video.

Bog roll shelves around the nation have been stripped bare as Aussies prepare for the worst...

The “instagrammability” of a destination is a key motivation for younger people to travel there - even if filters and mirrors have been used to create a less than realistic image.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Society cannot withstand a launch of a cryptocurrency in Facebook’s infamous “move fast and break things” style.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The Folau case is an important opportunity to see whether the right to express religious views can halt the steady march of employer control in the era of social media.

Twitter users are younger, highly educated, and earning higher incomes when compared to the general population.

SPECIAL REPORT: Australians consider other people’s over-sharing or having to see too many ads as more of a problem than alleged political manipulation or other misuse of their information by Facebook.

Instagram has a massive influence on people choosing their travel destinations, and Australia leads the way in enticing them with its hipness and beauty, according to a new survey.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Trust in media is low in Australia, which is why traditional news values like accuracy and objectivity matter. If we can successfully address the issue of trust and news media, we might even begin to solve journalism’s revenue crisis.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: In light of the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook data harvesting scandal, how should your social media data be accessed and used by researchers?

VIDEO: Australian YouTubers known as 'How Ridiculous' took to Maletsunyane Falls in Africa to nail a ridiculous 200 m basketball shot. Swish!

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Selfie tourism is changing the experience of traveling for many people – and not necessarily in a positive way.

What better way to kick off the New Year than with some relatable New Year's resolution tweets? Some of these Twitter users even have some great ideas when it comes to resolutions...

This year three celebrities dominated the top 10 most-liked Instagram photos. Can you guess who they are? Plus, which hashtags and cities did we post the most?

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

Children are so innocent. Well, that’s what you think...

Millennials less than impressed by the previous generation giving them some side-eye have tweeted back...

IN PICTURES: It’s no secret that technology has become so pervasive that many of us find it hard to ‘switch off', We find it hard to connect as human beings without it. Here are 10 pretty cool illustration that say more than 140 characters ever could.

The hashtag is the sign of the times. Check out Twitter's top trends for 2015 in news, sport, celebrities and culture.

There's been a disturbance in the Force, mate. Have you viewed it? Oink!

What are the most popular places in Australia to Instagram?

Where in the world do the most users of Instagram like to snap and share?

Can we just say... yummy!

Search for “really cute” Australian father of a ‘pregnant’ woman traveller, Natalie Amyot, after a one-night stand revealed as elaborate social media marketing campaign.

Dolphins allegedly kept in awful conditions at Wake Bali Adventures / Dolphins are causing an outcry on social media and crashing the resorts website.

Our favourite Twitter hashtag to come out of the Uk General Elections is not #GE15, it's #dogsatpollingstations.

A father in the US told his son that the tooth fairy was 'late' because it had to travel all the way from Australia. He turned to social media to find his own Aussie tooth fairy to back up his claim... and he found one.

"‘Stop and think – if every mother posted all that cr*p about their kid – I’m sure you’d get over it pretty quickly."

Anzac advertising campaign by ‘fresh food people’ Woolworths hastily pulled and buried after social media slap down.

You too will go bow-WOW! over Queensland Police's gorgeous new puppy cop dogs.

Australian sex workers come out on social media to show the world what real #FacesOfProstitution look like.

Ikea has banned people from participating in a mass game of hide-and-seek at a Sydney store. Police will be looking, though.

It's alright everyone, Indy is OK. So let the Harrison Ford gags begin...

Voters flood Attorney-General George Brandis's iPhone with messages and data using a common iMessage feature.

It hasn't even hit yet and already the Cyclone Marcia jokes are flooding in. Australia just couldn't resist #MarciaMarciaMarcia

A backpacker lost his GoPro camera in Australia along with with 32 GB worth of photos from his travels. A determined Aussie retrieved it from a river bed and used the power of social media to find its owner.

What do you get when a hottie adopts a puppy, hundreds of girls swoon over both specimens, and his fiancée gets involved? This.

Post it if ya good lookin'! How our favourite Aussie hornbags are rocking Instagram and the tricks they use to look as hot as they do...

Some of the best Australia Day celebration photos posted on Twitter.