The Polish government has made a database of sex offenders accessible online. Convicted offenders are listed, with photos and places of residence, for anyone to find. It's meant to help keep closer tabs on criminals.

The FIFA football World Cup is still underway but DW already has a few winners picked out. Which footballers are favorites on Instagram?

Trolls take over online discourse and are out to offend, often making life miserable for other users. DW shows how to deal with them.

When travelling, musicians often have a hard time finding space to rehearse. Now, the ‘Music Traveler’ app helps them to rent practice rooms, some even complete with instruments.

Technology has made it increasingly easy to create fake videos. But that doesn’t stop social media from sharing sensational clips before verifying the content. How can you tell what’s real and what’s not?

Trending topics garner plenty of likes, comments and shares on social media. They appear on our timelines thanks to special algorithms. But often, they’re the result of social media bot manipulation.

A lot of people get news via social media. Online disinformation is therefore a powerful weapon for propaganda. But how can you tell whether a post is fake news?

Every day, countless pictures are poured onto the internet. The user has no way to know where they came from or if they’ve been digitally altered. How can we tell if a photo is a genuine?

Every user of social networks sees content custom-tailored for him or her. But who decides what will be interesting to whom? DW explains how the algorithms on social networks do their job.

We’re being manipulated on the internet without our knowledge. Social bots have begun plaguing social networks. Here are five tips to help spot suspicious accounts.