Mary Rodee let her son Riley open a Facebook account so that he could purchase a snowmobile. It seemed innocent enough. That was, until a sexual predator used Facebook Messenger to access Riley through a group chat. Hours after the…
My kid once owned a millennial t-shirt featuring an image of Darth Vader that read: “Come to the dark side: we have cookies.” Apart from its humorous 21st-century rendition of the greater-good argument, the meme also brings to mind the…
It’s taken a long time, but states are finally taking action against major social media companies for the harm they’ve caused our kids. A total of 41 states are suing Meta because of the impact its social media platforms have…
Anyone surprised by the letter Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski received from the United Kingdom’s Chair of the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee needs to watch more soccer. Several days after The Times and Channel 4 revealed the rape and sexual…
Former President Donald Trump’s social media venture, Truth Social, received a last-minute lifeline today, as over 65 percent of shareholders in Digital World Acquisition agreed to grant an one-year extension for the company to finalize its merger with Truth Social’s…
Meta recently took “what appears to be the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world,” off its platforms, according to the company’s quarterly Adversarial Threat Report released this week.’ The social media accounts that made up the covert…
Elon Musk’s announcement that he would be rebranding Twitter came as a surprise to pundits, who hastened to denounce the change. BBC reported that users felt “shock[ed]” at the shift, and tech reporter Casey Newton called the move an “extended…
New documents released Thursday reveal Facebook willingly censored content the government deemed “misinformation.” According to a House Judiciary Committee report last week, the company removed or demoted some users’ posts and accounts after facing pressure from the White House to…
Sen. Christopher Murphy (D-N.Y.) wants to solve the crisis of American loneliness with “anti-loneliness strategies” supervised by a new White House office titled the “Office of Social Connection and Policy.” The office would “advise the President on loneliness and isolation…
