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A look into Social Media and how its presence--and more importantly--how its use--is fundamentally changing the fabric of our global society.

Hate, political manipulation, uncontrollable filter bubbles, mental illness: In the eyes of many, our social media world has a corrosive effect on society. What can be done?

In our ultra-connected world, accounts featuring children are flooding social media. Encouraged by their parents, who dream of partnerships and fame, these children nevertheless find themselves exposed to the many dangers of the internet, while performing work that currently lacks any legal framework.

When Tripp Taylor, an attractive and queer-presenting Tik Toker, is attacked in a possible hate crime, the internet reaction grows from supportive to increasingly hostile as everyone falls down a social media rabbit hole, sparking conversations on queerbaiting and straight male worship in the age of cancel culture and Gen Z activism.

Examines Gabby's life through the curated lens she created and immerses the viewer in the world of social media sleuthing that was crucial to the case.

This investigative documentary looks behind the scenes of global populist movements, analyzes their online strategies and tracks down the "engineers of chaos": Computer scientists, pollsters and big data experts who secretly draw up battle plans for politicians. They have no scruples when it comes to helping their candidates to victory...

An intimate exposé of the dark side of social media and its devastating impact on young users. Directors Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz take viewers inside the high-stakes legal battle to hold tech companies accountable for the harm caused by their negligence and dangerous algorithms. Based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News' Olivia Carville, the film follows the Social Media Victims Law Center fighting for justice for families whose children suffered tragic consequences linked to social media use. As families seek justice, 'Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media' underscores the urgent need for industry reform and serves as both a wake-up call about the dangers of social media-and a call to action to protect future generations.

Social media 101 gives a highlight of people’s lifestyle on social media through the eyes of 3 young women (Ada, Emelda and Gina); Ada is a Baker who puts up pictures/Videos of her works hoping to get patronage but meets her Waterloo. Emelda who filters and photoshops everything (boobs, Hips, Skin tone) she posts on social media soon catches the attention of an American based business tycoon who falls in love with one of her Photoshopped pictures until an unexpected turn of events reveals shocking truths. Gina the married one has a restrain from her husband to post anything that concerns him on social which leads to suspicions and hidden secrets.

In "Social Media Slaughterhouse," aspiring influencer , Adalynne leads her friends into a notorious Haunted House, chasing viral fame. But as they encounter supernatural horrors, Adalynne must confront the dark side of online validation to survive and uncover the chilling truth.

Youtuber and aspiring social media star Ameena, faces her inner demons and angels, as she attempts to create her newest video. Director

A monologue about social media and how it's changed and ruined the generation to come.

Today billions of people walk around like living zombies, glued to their mobile devices. They post pictures of their latest everyday outings or selfies of themselves living some exciting life that is in reality a lie. Social media can inform and enlighten but can also manipulate, control and destroy innocent people. It is changing humanity and is the new master of our daily lives but some are calling it a virtual prison that we willingly engage in while oblivious to the sinister agenda behind the technology. Utilized by corporations and political factions to spy and collect information on our lives in an attempt to sway the public toward an ulterior agenda. Social media is changing the face of the planet, we are becoming slaves to a technology master.

A standalone animated excerpt from the "Mother Goose" opera by Felix Jarrar

Prepare to pass through the looking glass where one man without a job, who lives in his car, can leverage his phone and free WiFi at McDonalds to tear apart the fabric of people’s lives. And he can do it all without consequence.

A very sociable person, Alice has used her many social media accounts as a visual scrapbook of her life – the highs and lows, the happiness and heartache. But what do these collected words and images really say about Alice and her real life.

In this gripping tale about the way social media impacts youth culture, a group of students discover how social media affects their friendships, relationships, and almost every aspect of their lives.

This is a thoughtful and mature documentary that considers whether online rage has real-world consequences. Baddiel has experienced antisemitic abuse on Twitter, where he has 785,000 followers. He has had brushes with what is called “cancel culture” and “callout culture”, when users have criticised his use of blackface on TV in the 1990s, for which he has apologised. He is also a self-confessed social media addict – by which he really means Twitter, his primary focus here – and self-aware enough to admit that while he feels he needs it to promote his work, he also understands that he has a psychological need for an audience, and by extension, for audience approval.

A cutting-edge documentary that provides a window into a Presidency and a politician the likes of which we have never seen before. Can social media help win Trump another election?

They sell hacked profiles, provide fake comments and likes and boost fake news. Investigation into the social media fraudsters based in Vietnam.

The film tells the story of the influencer Laura in a mixture of styles, that mimic browsing a social media feed. We follow her around and learn a lot about todays Internet use. Laura learns a few things as well, as she opens her inbox. She get drowned in dickspics and eventually (SPOILER ALERT) dies. As she ascends into the cloud, she reflects about her online-life.

Obsessed with going viral with her videos of ghosts and paranormal events, aspiring influencer Carla moves into a famous haunted building. There, she begins faking ghostly apparitions to gain more followers, unaware that a real evil entity resides in her apartment and will torment her until no one, not even she, can distinguish what's real and what isn't.

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that turns his world upside down.

When Chef Carl Casper suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner, he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife, his friend and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen -- and zest for life and love.

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

When nerdy high schooler Dani finally attracts the interest of her longtime crush, she lands in the cross hairs of his ex, a social media celebrity.

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful vlog. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. When the lines between real life and social media are blurred, the group must fight to escape, and survive.

After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.

Besieged by writer’s block and the crushing breakup with Tessa, Hardin travels to Portugal in search of a woman he wronged in the past – and to find himself. Hoping to win back Tessa, he realizes he needs to change his ways before he can make the ultimate commitment.

Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

When Mia, a social media star, becomes the target of an online terror campaign, she has to solve a series of games to prevent people she cares about from getting murdered.

Five swimsuit models staying together in a secluded house fight to stay alive when intruders break in and hold them captive to extort money from their social media followers.

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy.

When Ana, an influencer, crashes her car while talking on the phone, she's shipped to her grumpy grandfather's farm -- and forced into a digital detox.

Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream, until she runs into her ex-childhood best friend and is invited away on her bachelorette weekend. Suddenly, Sissy finds herself stuck in a remote cabin with her school bully... and a taste for revenge.