Fake news. Online surveillance. Phishing scams. Biased algorithms. It’s easy to be cynical about the internet, and harder to remember a time when being online felt less commercial and more democratic.

Online classified site Craigslist abruptly shut its personals section just days after Congress approved a bill expanding the criminal and civil liability of website operators over user-generated ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

SOUTH FAYETTE (KDKA) -- The Internet has opened up a new world of commerce, but when it comes to finalizing person to person transactions, it can be risky. "You lose your money, you lose your identity ...

Craig Newmark, the San Francisco engineer who created the popular Craigslist Internet site, is getting involved in the news game. Newmark, whose free Web site listings have wreaked havoc with the ...

TRAVERSE CITY — A person who posted an advertisement on the online site Craigslist posed as a deceased woman as part of a rental home scam, but local renters weren't buying what the Internet swindler ...

DENVER – Weed on Craigslist? It is widely for sale in Colorado, but legislation moving through the state Legislature aims to crack down on those who sell marijuana illegally using online ads. A bill ...

They’re a victim of the Senate’s overwhelming 97-2 vote on Thursday to pass the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act. The bill makes a change to a key part of the Communications Decency Act that makes it ...

People didn't always stalk their hookups on Instagram before an impromptu meetup. Oftentimes, you didn't even get a picture!

Jefferson Parish authorities say the above-pictued ad was posted on the website Craigslist in an effort to sell heroin. Detectives from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office and the West Bank Major ...

The recent murder of Katherine Ann Olson, who responded to a listing on craigslist, has shocked the entire nation. A University student, Olson was merely following up on a job posting for a nanny when ...