HOUSTON, Texas -- Even with Valentine's Day approaching, some romances, especially those involving a world-famous pop star, may not always be as they appear. Case in point, a Houston man appeared in ...

Last year, Netflix released “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist,” a two-part documentary about Manti Te’o’s catfishing story. But catfishing stories have been popular before “Untold” came out on ...

A Northern Ireland man was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 20 years in prison after being found guilty by a U.K. court in what has been described as the biggest criminal "catfishing" case in the ...

Suspect in social media catfish killing sentenced to 25 years in prison Waco, TX Cyle Flores, 18, was sentenced to 25 years in state prison after pleading guilty to murder on Thursday. Flores is one ...

Falling in Reverse drummer Luke Holland has offered an extensive rundown of how a number of social media impersonators have been using artificial intelligence to catfish some of his fans. Catfishing ...

Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor in the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication at Hofstra University, writes about issues affecting women and social media. Her book, “This Feed is ...