Social media website Reddit, known for its commitment to free speech, will crack down on online harassment by banning or suspending users who target others, starting with those who have directed abuse at CEO Steve Huffman.

For the longest time I'd been extremely defensive about my use of Facebook, but I realised my behaviour had become compulsive and was stealing time from my family.

Steve Huffman, the chief executive of Reddit, knows he has some explaining to do.

Someone renamed Donald Trump's midtown Manhattan building on Google Maps, and the new moniker isn't very flattering.

Twitter has not been shy about handing out suspensions, but recently it brought the ban hammer down on someone very surprising.

The most common cause of death by selfie worldwide was falling from a building or mountain.

Twitter has taken another step in its long fight against trolls, announcing that it will give users a mute feature to weed out harassing words and phrases from their notifications.

Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has again rejected claims the social network affected the US presidential election, saying it is "extremely unlikely" news hoaxes changed the outcome.

With US election fever hitting its climax the web is filling with dubious information, from concerted efforts to influence voters to straight-up trolling to old-fashioned clickbait.

As our social lives have moved onto social media sites like Facebook over the past decade, there's been a lot of hand-wringing over what all that screen time might be doing to our health.

Ever been caught napping? Well, imagine if your little snooze was seen by the all-seeing eye of Google StreetView and splashed all over the internet.

Disney decided not to pursue a bid for Twitter partly out of concern that bullying and other uncivil forms of communication on the social media site might soil the company's wholesome family image, according to people familiar with management's thinking.

The web is rife with annoyances. Here are some browser add-ons that make it a better place for everyone.

Google is celebrating 18 years as a company, and is marking the occasion in the only way the web giant knows how: with a Google Doodle.

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey has acknowledged giving $13,000 to pro-Donald Trump group which created anti-Hillary Clinton memes.

Twitter has announced that, as of now, media extras such as photos, GIFs, and videos — along with quoted tweets and user polls — will no longer contribute to the 140-character limit per tweet.

​Not a fan of what you're seeing in your Instagram comments? The social network is about to give you the power to ignore what you don't want to see.

Look once you'll see a maximum of four. Look twice, you'll see eight.

The rise of the internet has been a double-edged sword for Star Trek clubs like Austrek, helping win over a new generation of fans but reducing their need to join a fan club in order to stay in touch with the adventures of Star Fleet.

Not only did Microsoft's map service show the Victorian capital in the wrong spot, it was in the wrong hemisphere.

Feel like Facebook's been reading your brain? Here's how the social network makes more than $8 billion from ads in a quarter.

If you want to improve your life, the internet is home to a lot of clever little tricks you can use called 'life hacks'. Some are great! Some are very, very bad.

A data scientist has analysed Donald Trump's Twitter feed and shown a reliable way to tell which tweets were sent by the controversial US presidential hopeful himself, and which were sent by one of his staff members.

Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.

A new beta version of Apple's iOS 10 software for iPhones and iPads dropped today, and with it a fresh look at the new and reworked emoji coming to the company's platforms.

Marina Joyce is a moderately popular British fashion vlogger. Over the weekend she tweeted out a link to her latest video. Here begins the conspiracy.

Tourists are flocking to the world's steepest street in the coolest little city of the south, Dunedin.

US regulators are moving to stem a growing scandal in YouTube-land, where ostensibly independent game reviewers are being paid big bucks to plug products.

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More and more, what we choose to put on social media is influenced by what we want to be able to remember in the future.