CEOs from TikTok, X, Snapchat and Meta testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31. In a key moment of the hearing on social media child safety measures, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized directly to the parents impacted by his company’s policies. “I’m sorry for everything you all have gone through,”…

Some popular TikTok songs may be pulled from the app soon, including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and more. Universal Music Group — one of the largest music labels representing major pop stars — is threatening to pull its artists’ music because of a clash with TikTok about compensation. “Ultimately TikTok is trying to…

If video killed the radio star, what’s killing music journalism? Journalism has been going through it since the internet – plain and simple, digital advertisements don’t pay as much as print – but when Condé Nast announced it was folding Pitchfork into men’s magazine GQ, music press in particular was put on notice. Pitchfork grew…

Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the New England Patriots are credited with the greatest Super Bowl comeback in history. As Americans gear up for Super Bowl LVIII, one party is looking to stage a comeback of its own: Bud Light. Bud Light’s return to the Super Bowl follows its social media promotion with transgender TikTok…

Ring’s “Neighbors” app will no longer allow police to ask users for doorbell footage. The app was seen as an easy, accessible way for law enforcement to ask neighbors in a certain vicinity for surveillance that could help them solve a crime. Thursday, Jan. 25, Ring announced police and other public safety agencies can no…

New York City is now the first major city to label social media an “environmental toxin,” as declared by the New York City Department of Health and Human Services and Mental Hygiene on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Mayor Eric Adams, D, granted Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan the authority to issue the public health emergency during his…

“Libs of Tiktok” founder Chaya Raichik has emerged as a key figure in ongoing cultural conflicts in American schools and public libraries. Raichik, now a member of the Oklahoma State Board of Education’s Media Library Advisory Committee, announced her appointment by Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters on Tuesday, Jan. 23, declaring, “WE WILL GET…

Chaya Raichik, the creator of the right-wing social media account Libs of TikTok, has been appointed to Oklahoma’s state library panel.

Hollywood is buzzing with the upcoming Academy Awards nominations out Tuesday, Jan. 23. If this awards season so far is any indication, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” will continue to gain accolades after collecting five Golden Globes. But the road to a nomination is not as simple as producing great work. Getting on the awards ballot can…

A North Carolina middle school reportedly has decided to remove its bathroom mirrors, noting an uptick in students missing valuable class time to record TikTok videos in the lavatories.