Social Media

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Jun 29

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What if history happened in real time? Thousands are finding out online
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Jun 28

7m read

The age of outrage: Why everyone is so mad at everyone else all the time
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Jun 22

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No, the NSA wasn’t hacked by AI. Here’s what actually happened
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Jun 20

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Influencers are getting busted for ‘fraud tutorials.’ Here’s what they posted that got federal attention.
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Jun 18

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Illinois balances budget with new $200 million social media tax that tracks in-state users
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Jun 16

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Could the UK’s ban on social media lead kids to worse dangers?
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Jun 16

9m read

Comedian’s alleged ‘fishy’ $25k job offer illuminates sponsored information industry
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Jun 15

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Britain to ban TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook for under-16s
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Jun 13

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Seeing Game 4 destruction, New York braces for a potential Knicks series win
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Jun 11

5m read

How search engine optimization reduced Simone Biles to an ‘NFL wife’
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Jun 9

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Pump.fun says people can ‘pay anyone to do anything.’ Is it legal?
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Jun 7

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Can you tax social media? Illinois faces legal questions over proposed law
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Jun 4

6m read

UK lawmaker pushing for global change after xAI’s Grok was used to generate sexualized images of her
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Trump library says it cannot find president’s Twitter direct messages: Report

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Jun 4

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A data center photo op with Sam Altman sparks political fury for Gretchen Whitmer
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Jun 3

3m read

From hedge to headline: Trump’s Iran comment distorted by ‘news’ accounts on social media
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Jun 1

3m read

Old text messages may be the new avenue to political backlash
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May 21

6m read

Teens are ‘taking over’ city streets. Is it the solution to charge parents?
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May 18

5m read

Kash Patel posts FBI promo video with apparent uncredited movie scenes
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May 15

4m read

Does the media report on diseases and outbreaks more, or does social media just make us think so?
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May 8

5m read

Hantavirus is not the new COVID-19, despite what social media says
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May 8

3m read

France escalates case against Elon Musk over X content and AI posts
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May 5

3m read

Meta announces new age-verification safeguards, but the kids aren’t having it
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May 4

6m read

One man’s joke has turned into an $88 million movement to buy Spirit Airlines