Twitter, known for its 140-character limit on tweets, is now allowing users to post longer videos - of up to 140 seconds.

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.

The High Court issues a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why it should not be directed to take necessary legal actions against local lawmaker Salim Osman and others who humiliated a schoolteacher of Narayanganj.

As probe begins into the humiliation of a Narayanganj school headmaster, education minister assures that steps will be taken on the basis of recommendations by a probe body.

In the wake of severe criticism on social media, the education ministry has launched a probe into the incident of public humiliation of a headmaster in Narayanganj for his alleged derogatory comments on religion.

Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans' skepticism about what they read on social media.

The sale of hilsa dropped significantly at retail markets the day before Pahela Baishakh, thanks to social media campaigns and calls to

Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.

As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people what appears in them.

A photo shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent trip to China stirs a photoshop battle in the social media.

The government yesterday published its draft guidelines for the public servants on social media use.

Scores of users on social media platforms are expressing their solidarity with Bangladesh national cricket team, in hope of achieving a historic victory against India at the Asia Cup final.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg says the social network needs to get better at cracking down on hate speech against migrants.

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to surpass 200 million followers on social media.

Virginia McLaurin, 106 year-old, has waited her whole life to see an African-American in the White House. So when she finally got a chance to meet President Obama, she could barely contain her excitement.

A 12-year-old boy is tortured in Mymensingh and its video is leaked in the social media, giving rise to public outrage.

For the last 48 hours Twitter has been… well, all of a Twitter. An article in Buzzfeed suggesting that the social network was about to introduce what is known as an algorithmic timeline - promoting tweets deemed most relevant rather than publishing them in reverse chronological order - sparked a wave of what can only be described as furious panic.

A mother-daughter selfie posted by Kaylan Mahomes is baffling the internet! A recent car selfie by Kaylen with her twin and Kyla, their mother sent the social media world into confusion as everyone was trying to figure out which one is the mom.

Private individuals will no longer be allowed to advertise guns on Facebook and Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.

Facebook expands its offering for streaming live video at the leading social network.