Dhaka has been ranked second among the top cities of the world having largest active Facebook users.Bangkok is the number one city ahead of Dhaka and in the country category, the United States leads all having over 21 crore active users of Facebook, says a recent report conducted jointly by social media research organisations -- We Are Social and Hootsuite.

Facebook says it has started weeding out bogus accounts by watching for suspicious behaviour such as repetitive posts or torrents of messages.

A fugitive Italian mobster, who has been living in Mexico under a false identity, is behind bars after being tracked down on Facebook, police say.

Social media, despite its many advantages, has its own share of perils. Every imaginable cyber threat applies three-fold for social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Social media is a powerful tool, and so, it requires immense responsibility for usage.

An adorable little girl makes it clear to her mom that she will not eat animals ever as she learns that meat comes from animals.

Tweets regarding Twitter's pending demise are greatly exaggerated.

Netizens have gone crazy over a video of an adorable young couple kissing and giggling.

A black Labrador with a skin condition has its fur around the eyes turning white, making it look like wearing a super hero mask, and becomes an Internet sensation.

This image of a woman peacefully protesting in Baton Rouge while being seen to be aggressively fetched by police officers in riot gear stirs social media.

Twitter, known for its 140-character limit on tweets, is now allowing users to post longer videos - of up to 140 seconds.

Brazilian police are hunting more than 30 men suspected of raping a teenage girl in Rio de Janeiro, and of putting video of the attack on social media.

The High Court issues a rule upon the government to explain in two weeks as to why it should not be directed to take necessary legal actions against local lawmaker Salim Osman and others who humiliated a schoolteacher of Narayanganj.

As probe begins into the humiliation of a Narayanganj school headmaster, education minister assures that steps will be taken on the basis of recommendations by a probe body.

In the wake of severe criticism on social media, the education ministry has launched a probe into the incident of public humiliation of a headmaster in Narayanganj for his alleged derogatory comments on religion.

Trust in the news media is being eroded by perceptions of inaccuracy and bias, fueled in part by Americans' skepticism about what they read on social media.

The sale of hilsa dropped significantly at retail markets the day before Pahela Baishakh, thanks to social media campaigns and calls to

Pahela Baisakh in Dhaka at the Suhrawardi Udyan fare with Hilsa and panta bhat. A writer-poet, now living in Canada, made the claim sometime back that it was he and his group of friends who started the fad.

As the internet becomes dominated by images, Facebook is launching a system which can "read" photos and tell visually impaired people what appears in them.

A photo shared by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during his recent trip to China stirs a photoshop battle in the social media.

The government yesterday published its draft guidelines for the public servants on social media use.