Social media

From keeping your account safe to curating who can view your liked content, we look at how you can increase your security and privacy on TikTok

Could your social media account be spoofed, why would anybody do it, and what can you do to avoid having a doppelgänger?

An apparent glitch is preventing a number of users from signing in to their accounts

The attackers exploited the human factor to gain access to Twitter’s internal systems and the accounts of some of the world’s most prominent figures

Tech titans and prominent politicians among victims of a sprawling hack that Twitter says leveraged its internal tools

Dealing with skeletons lurking in your Facebook closet has never been easier

Can someone take control of your WhatsApp account by just knowing your phone number? We ran a small test to find out.

Are you – and especially your children – aware of the risks that may come with sharing selfies?

A researcher found that it was possible to subvert the platform’s password recovery mechanism and take control of user accounts