Twitter is soaring high as users flock to the social network amid its efforts to crack down on abusive content and make the platform a more pleasant place to be. On Tuesday, Twitter said that monthly active users increased to 330 million in the first quarter from 321 million users in the fourth quarter. From …

Facebook is shaking up its board of directors with more diversity.  The social media company said Friday that it had nominated Peggy Alford, PayPal’s senior vice president of core markets, to its board of directors. If approved at the company’s annual stockholders meeting in May, Alford would be the first African-American woman to serve on Facebook’s board of directors. Peggy …

LinkedIn users worldwide will soon be able to do more than just “like” a post on the business-oriented social network.  On Thursday, the company said that it’s rolling out five “reactions” to let you express a wider range of emotions. Those include like, celebrate, love, insightful and curious. Users tap and hold on the like button displayed in a post …

Getting mistakenly locked out of your Twitter account can be a pain, but now there’s a way that could get you a faster response from the company. On Tuesday, Twitter said it added a way for users to appeal a company decision from within the app. Previously, users had to submit an appeal through an online form by visiting Twitter’s Help …

Good luck finding some of Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s old social media posts.  On Friday, Business Insider reported that the social network accidentally deleted some of Zuckerberg’s old Facebook posts, including all the ones he made in 2007 and 2008. “A few years ago some of Mark’s posts were mistakenly deleted due to technical errors. The work required …

Facebook might limit who can stream live video, a decision it’s contemplating after a gunman used the social network to broadcast a deadly shooting at a New Zealand mosque.  The company’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a blog post Friday that Facebook is “exploring restrictions on who can go Live depending on factors such as prior Community Standard …

Twitter users have new options when it comes to how dark they want to make the app’s background. The social media company said Thursday it’s releasing a new dark mode for its iPhone app that turns the background black instead of blue-gray. Turning on dark mode not only gives your eyes a break from bright light, but can help save …

Facebook wants to make it easier for you to learn about the ads that flow through the world’s largest social network.  On Thursday, the tech giant said it is expanding a public database that will allow people to search for and find information about political ads or those related to issues of national importance in certain countries. Now that database, …

Facebook on Wednesday said it’s banning white nationalist and white separatist content from its platform following backlash from civil rights groups and black history scholars. “It’s clear that these concepts are deeply linked to organized hate groups and have no place on our services,” Facebook said in a blog post. The social network had already barred “hateful treatment of people based …

Facebook is making changes to a range of ads on the social network in an effort to protect its users who are searching for a job or housing from discrimination.  Advertisers that run housing, employment and credit ads will no longer be able to target users based on age, gender or ZIP code, and will also have fewer options when …