Social Media
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News
There’s Little to Stop Trump Shooting Conspiracies From Spreading
It took minutes after the shooting at Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday for misinformation to begin circulating on social…
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News
MAGA Is Not Getting Everything It Wants From the Supreme Court
If you really want to understand the conservative-dominated Supreme Court, it’s important to realize that all the Republican nominees who…
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Health
Researchers Say Social Media Warning Is Too Broad
Some scientists who study youth mental health say the evidence does not support the notion that social media is harmful…
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News
Surgeon General: For Our Kids’ Safety, Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don’t have the…
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Health
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental…
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News
I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta.
While it’s become fashionable to dump on the aging social media platform Facebook, I quite enjoy using it. Many of…
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Business
Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
The measure would bar networks like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram from giving accounts to children under 16.
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News
Avert Your Eyes, Avoid Responsibility and Just Blame TikTok
We’re in a season of hand-wringing and scapegoating over social media, especially TikTok, with many Americans and politicians missing that…
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News
Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential — a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s…
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World
If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
Children are suffering under the weight of social media. New York lawmakers believe they have a strategy to halt the…