Investigators can now probe Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites as a part of background checks for security clearances -- something that lawmakers said Friday was a classic case of the ...

Security Executive Agent Directive Five was signed May 12, codifying federal background investigative authority to incorporate publicly available social media information in the security clearance ...

Reddit’s on a roll. The social media platform has just turned a profit for the first time in its 20-year history, and now boasts a record 97.2 million daily active users, marking a year-over ...

The federal government was scheduled to start checking social media as part of a background checks for employees seeking security clearance.

That’s not to say social media couldn’t come up in the course of a background investigation, but in cases thus far, the social media aspect has generally been surfaced by human means versus ...

He's only 19 years old. No politicians called for social media background checks in the wake of the Parkland shooting. In fact, Republican lawmakers actively held back progress on gun control.

The United States government has announced that Nigerian visa applicants must list all their social media usernames or handles they have used in the past five years as part of the application process, ...

Investigators can now probe Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites as a part of background checks for security clearances — something that lawmakers said Friday was a classic case of the ...