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How it started, and how it's going: Despite the pandemic running for the second year, the internet was always quick to humorously comment on current events.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, is taking action against the "surveillance-for-hire industry" that is using social media platforms to indiscriminately target dissidents and journalists.
A hologram of William Shatner will be able to interact with people after he dies.
Thanks to deepfake technology, a grown-up version of the deceased 15-year-old features in FIFA 2021.
The exoskeleton suit HAL turns brains signals into motion. DW reporter Cassandra Boh tried it out.
Humans can have a digital afterlife with the help of chatbots, holograms and avatars.
Video game companies, including Activision Blizzard, have long tolerated a misogynistic, "frat boy" macho culture. The tide seems to be turning.
The best of "Shift" on our playlist on Youtube!
Trolls take over online discourse and are out to offend, often making life miserable for other users.
Algorithms embedded in social networks glean highly specific information about a user's preferences.
Real or fake? Posting disinformation online is a powerful propaganda tool.
How to verify videos on social media.
So-called bots are involved in creating phony social media hypes through likes and shares.
Countless touched-up pictures can be found on the internet. Here's how to spot the fakes.
How internet services use algorithms to try to influence their users.
Amid ongoing controversy over a lack of diversity, the Golden Globes were announced via social media last night. "Power of the Dog" and "West Side Story" dominated the top prizes.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, is taking action against the "surveillance-for-hire industry" that is using social media platforms to indiscriminately target people.
Mercedes-Benz has swapped its "the best or nothing" slogan for a more public-health-minded tagline. Firms from Burger King to banks are also in on the massive campaign.
Some 1.2 million young people in Germany have selected "cringe" as their favorite "in" word. Two other English words made it into the top three.
Netflix's new miniseries fictionalizes the story of two Berlin internet pioneers who attempt to prove that Google stole their idea, worth billions.
The 39-year-old German rock star made headlines after he posted a video on social media in which he reports an antisemitic incident at a Leipzig hotel.
Long considered obsolete, film photography is experiencing a renaissance, especially among young people. And #filmisnotdead is also a social media trend.
Digital protest movements like #MeToo and #MuteRKelly have raised awareness and produced real results, but social media movements also have their disadvantages.
Netflix and Apple TV+ are the big winners of this year's Emmy Awards. Yet the hoped-for diversity among award winners was nowhere to be found.
Many cultural figures have been called out for their misdemeanours like sexual abuse and offensive statements, facing a public boycott on social media and in real life.
From using influencers to posting on TikTok, German political parties are attempting to reach out to voters on social media in a variety of ways. Will they succeed?
