A protest movement has exploded across Reddit following Elon Musk’s gesture during President Trump’s inauguration, which many likened to a Nazi salute.

Thousands of Reddit forums are going dark Monday in one of the largest user-driven protests ever to hit the social media platform.

Changes to Reddit’s API—which includes new fees for third-party app developers—have been met with pushback from thousands of subreddits, many of which are undergoing blackouts that will last ...

Reality TV star Johnny 'Bananas' Devenanzio is under fire for a post that included six banana emojis and a gorilla emoji.

The Thumbs-Up: From Approval to Annoyance The controversy began with a Reddit thread where a user expressed their discomfort with receiving thumbs-up reactions at their workplace.

An Instagram reel showed a content creator asking Google's Gemini AI if a seahorse emoji ever existed on the iPhone. Gemini responded with "No," sparking debate. As the video went viral, many ...

This Reddit thread is an example of the rising generational debate that spans far beyond the thumbs-up emoji. Are certain emojis perceived in a context that's anything other than literal?

“Gen Z believes that the ‘peach’ emoji is the most inappropriate emoji to use at work,” said lead authors of a December 2023 study by virtual list-generating hub, WordList Finder.

Researchers at the University of Zurich stirred up controversy when they revealed they conducted a study on whether AI-generated comments could influence people’s opinions on the Reddit forum r ...

Researchers at the University of Zurich wanted to see how persuasive AI could be -- but did not get permission to do research on the actual humans on Reddit that the AI was interacting with.

The crab emoji on Instagram, Reddit, Twitter and Facebook is a way to celebrate the passing of life, like Queen Elizabeth II.