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Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, talks with Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., left, during a panel hearing earlier this month.

Politics & Government

Senators push to declassify TikTok intel and hold a public hearing ahead of ban vote

10:12am March 21, 2024

by Deirdre Walsh

Senators who attended a classified intelligence briefing focused on TikTok's influence say the public should get the same information. There's bipartisan support for a vote on a House bill on the app.

Education

Alamance-Burlington School System joins lawsuit against social media companies

2:53pm March 15, 2024

by Amy Diaz

The Alamance-Burlington School System Board of Education unanimously voted last week to join a nationwide lawsuit against major social media companies. Several other North Carolina school districts are also participating.

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National

How the porn bots took over Twitter

12:27pm March 07, 2024

by Manuela López Restrepo

Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas and Florida social media laws

10:37pm February 26, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

These cases raise a critical question for the First Amendment and the future of social media: whether states can force the platforms to carry content they find hateful or objectionable.

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1,000 "Dark Brandon" signs were placed around Miami ahead of the third Republican Debate in Miami last November.

Politics & Government

Meme-ifying 2024: how some young organizers are working to get their peers engaged

11:27am January 22, 2024

by Elena Moore

Democrats are counting on young voters to come out in big numbers in 2024. And strategists say a strong online presence is a key way to keep them engaged. Which in part means, here come the memes.

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Judeh Hirbawi packages keffiyehs at the Hirbawi keffiyeh factory, which has seen an increase in sales since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, in Hebron, West Bank, on Feb. 11, 2024. Hirbawi is one of three brothers who own and run the factory that their father started.

One-of-a-kind West Bank factory ships the colors of Palestinian resilience worldwide

5:12am January 18, 2024

by Nina Kravinsky

A wave of international orders, fueled by social media support, has all the machines running at an old-school, family-owned keffiyeh factory.

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"The act of choosing a piece of culture to consume is a really powerful one," says writer Kyle Chayka. He's the author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture.

Books
Arts

How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us

7:31pm January 17, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers.

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National

What do you think of social media these days? We want to hear your stories

5:00am January 11, 2024

by Brianna Scott

It's increasingly rare nowadays that a person doesn't have social media. And it's having a clear impact on us — for better or worse. We want to hear your stories and experience.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley participates in fourth Republican Presidential Primary Debate on on December 6, 2023 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Bringing birther back, Donald Trump questions Nikki Haley's right to be president

11:42am January 10, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

The former governor of South Carolina, Haley was born in the southern state. But as she surges in Republican polls, Trump is elevating false conspiracy theories about her citizenship on social media.

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian activists take part in a National March to call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza on December 9, 2023, in London, United Kingdom.

Why watermelons are a symbol of Palestinian solidarity

2:58pm January 08, 2024

The watermelon now symbolizes unofficial Palestinian solidarity amid reports of online censorship and the ongoing civilian deaths in Gaza.

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