Paxton is banking on his recent lawsuits against tech and social media companies like Meta, WhatsApp and Discord to win a Senate seat, building on notable victories in years past.

The lawsuit comes after a Galveston County family said their 13-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted by a person she interacted with on the platform.

Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns.

A 22-year-old Utah man who was booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to a family member that he was responsible for the shooting.

The lawsuit, filed by Anapol Weiss, comes after several similar lawsuits against the platforms in the cases of a 13-year-old New Jersey boy and a Florida girl.

The investigation revealed that the man was preying on children in chatrooms such as Kik and Discord while also showing sexual interest in one of his minor female relatives.

In today’s world, there are so many social media apps that are being downloaded to cellphone as a progressive way of communicating with friends, families and even strangers from miles and miles away.

TikTok is laying off dozens of workers in its advertising and sales unit, becoming the latest tech company to trim jobs in the new year.

The Pentagon is announcing its plans for tightening protections of classified information following the explosive leaks of hundreds of intelligence documents that were accessed through security gaps at a Massachusetts Air National Guard base.

Discord is a social app favored by gamers.

The 13-year-old Utah boy hung out in the typical online spaces for someone his age: The chat app Discord. The gaming platform Roblox. And, of course, Twitter.

A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman charged with leaking highly classified military documents has made a brief court appearance.

Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see young troops immersed in the world of online games.

The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified documents that have caused an international uproar had set his sights on joining the military from an early age.

A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman has appeared in court, accused in the leak of highly classified military documents.

The chatting app Discord is one of the most popular ways gamers communicate online.

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has been arrested in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues.

Shortly before police say he opened fire, the white gunman accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket allowed a small group of people to see his long-simmering plans for the attack, which he had been chronicling for months in a private, online diary.

For months, the nationwide protests against racial injustice and COVID-19 lockdown orders have attracted all manner of extremists using online platforms to plan, coordinate and drum up support for their activities. One of the posts about the Kenosha shooting said one of Jake's guys provided unspecified medical care while the other was escorting the kid to safety," presumably referring to Rittenhouse. To avoid the ban, some boogaloo groups relaunched pages under innocuous sounding names. An Aug. 12 report by the Tech Transparency Project found that Facebook's slow and ineffective response has allowed many boogaloo groups to avoid detection using simple re-branding techniques. It's pretty obvious that they're just saying that because they're worried they're going to be removed from the service," she said.