Online memes are those funny images circulated on social media often with a humorous comment that changes the context of the image and pokes fun at a particular event, individual or ideal. But could online ...

It all seemed to be going so well for Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (aka Pewdiepie), with more than 15 billion video views, 54 million+ subscribers and deals with the Disney organisation, the 27-year-old from Sweden ...

Twitter is set to drop its default egg avatar in an attempt to encourage users to upload their own images and help fight the association the social network has with online abuse and trolling. The ...

The Metropolitan Police’s communications chief, Martin Fewell, has spoken out about an image on the front page of The Times newspaper showing PC Keith Palmer as he lay dying following the recent Westminster terror attacks. Fewell, ...

The Daily Mail’s ‘legs-it’ front page has amassed over 300 complaints ‘’and counting’’, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has confirmed. The focus on Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon’s legs during a meeting to discuss ...

Snapchat has signed a deal with MGM to develop original TV programming for the social network. The partnership follows similar deals with television networks including NBC, ESPN and the BBC. According to media reports, standalone ...

Alfred Joyner is the head of video at IBT Media, a fast growing global digital news organisation and parent company of the International Business Times & Newsweek. In this spotlight interview, Alfred explains how IBT Media ...

MPs are set to consider if social networks require greater legislation to force them to improve the way they handle complaints. The parliamentary enquiry has been called after a BBC investigation highlighted issues around Facebook’s ...

One of the main reasons brands love working with social media influencers is their ability to speak to consumers outside of the normal constraints of a business relationship. Authenticity is key in this area and ...

Philip Hammond’s first (and last) Spring Budget pulled few punches, with the main surprises coming in the form of tax increases for the self-employed and a notable absence of Brexit. The online press, social media ...

The Electoral Commission has been urged to investigate Leave.EU, the Brexit campaign group set up by Nigel Farage and funded by Aaron Banks, after it failed to declare the role of a firm of ‘’psychographic’’ ...

The food columnist Jack Monroe has begun libel proceedings against Katie Hopkins, after she sent tweets suggesting Monroe had defaced a war memorial during an anti-austerity march last year. The columnist, who is arguing that ...

Mark Zuckerberg has posted a lengthy manifesto responding to criticism of Facebook and outlining his vision as to how the platform can work to repair ever increasing polarisation. This has done nothing to dispel rumours ...

UK Social Media Editor for BuzzFeed News, Andy Dangerfield, has worked in journalism for the past 10 years, holding roles at prominent media outlets including BBC Breaking News, Panorama and Newsnight, before moving to BuzzFeed ...

Julian Assange’s Twitter account has sprung to life after lying dormant since 2012. While the only account he follows is WikiLeaks (which he is rumoured to run), his following has grown by tens of thousands ...

A new report from anti-fascist organisation Hope not Hate has identified UK blogging and social media platforms as an emerging platform for the alt-right, while traditional networks, such as the English Defence League, are fragmenting. ...

According to recent research, 77% of content is being shared via ‘Dark Social’. Marketing company, RadiumOne found that over three-quarters of content coming from publishers or marketers is being shared via ‘Dark Social, versus just 23 ...

Facebook is making significant changes to the way it handles “trending news” as part of a concerted effort to remove “fake news” from the social network. Instead of focusing on individual items that have drawn a ...

While Barack Obama was the first American politician to turn to social media in his race for the Whitehouse, you could argue that Donald Trump was the first to use the medium (especially Twitter) to ...

According to a recent Daily Mail article, some brands are willing to pay Instagrammers and bloggers as much as £2,000 per image, in the hope it will act as an ad for their products.  In ...