Former rock star turned podcast firebrand Winston Marshall amazed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt when he asked her if President Donald Trump would consider giving asylum to U.K. citizens who have had their free speech cancelled after being arrested for social media posts deemed “hate speech.”
Police departments are contracting with a company called Massive Blue to use AI-generated online personas to interact with and gather intelligence on suspected criminals and protesters.
A federal judge has struck down an Ohio law that places limitations for social media usage on teens, marking another win for Big Tech companies fighting similar legislation across the country.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Stephen Macedo, a Professor of Politics at Princeton, said that there was some dissent against coronavirus lockdowns but then there was an apparent consensus that lockdowns were “the correct strategy, that everyone needed to be on
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warned on Monday that China and India could meddle in next month’s snap election to replace leftist former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Fitness influencer Ashton Hall went viral on social media for posting a video montage of what he claims is his morning routine between 3:52 a.m. and 9:26 a.m. In one clip, Hall is seen pouring an entire bottle of Saratoga Spring Water into a bowl of ice and submerging his face into it, before later bizarrely rubbing a banana peel over the skin of his face.
The Turkish government on Thursday announced 37 people were arrested for “provocative” social media posts related to Wednesday’s arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and chief political rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Switzerland is the latest country to consider a sweeping ban on social media for children, similar to the one adopted by Australia in November 2024.
West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez is back at the helm in Morgantown, and he has wasted no time laying down the law with his young players.
Elon Musk claimed IP addresses connected to a “massive cyberattack” on X, which caused significant outages, originated in Ukraine.
Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is grappling with multiple significant outages within a span of just one day, leaving users worldwide unable to access the platform.
Police say a missing 16-year-old girl in Gulfport, Florida, was found dismembered after meeting a 35-year-old man online.
The Trump administration is proposing a new policy that would require people applying for green cards, US citizenship, asylum, or refugee status to disclose their social media accounts to the government.
A 28-year-old Indiana man is accused of making violent threats against Elon Musk on social media.
Imported Cuban soldiers fighting with the Russian army in Ukraine are posting large amounts of publicly visible war propaganda on the social network VKontakte and sharing photos of group outings to local bars, a recent report revealed.
Elon Musk’s X social media firm announced it has launched legal cases in Germany against government “overreach” against the platform’s users’ privacy and freedom of expression.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins used her Xwitter feed to promote the defense fund for accused CEO assassin Luigi Mangione.
A coalition of teen and adult activists against “digital abuse” targeting youth took to Washington, DC, on Tuesday with Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) standing with them to support the creation of legislation and a nationwide movement.
The White House received over 7,000 applications from people interested in the “new media” seat for independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators, according to several reports.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday retweeted a post from White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that essentially declared President Donald Trump’s absolute victory in the showdown over Colombian deportees. Petro deleted his retweet a few hours later.
“It was brainwashing,” said Stephanie Mistre. “They normalized depression and self-harm, turning it into a twisted sense of belonging.”
The 17-year-old alleged attacker who shot and killed one at Antioch High School Wednesday went into a bathroom and posted photos to social media just before opening fire.
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is offering $20 billion in cash to buy communist China’s social media platform TikTok.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” comedian Larry Wilmore argued that “the thing that should protect us from disinformation and misinformation on social media should be our brains and our common sense.” And he doesn’t get why people believe
Users of China’s spyware-laced social media platform TikTok are reportedly flocking to another app called Xiaohongshu, or “Little Red Book,” in the face of a looming U.S. ban.
A Packers fan who in a viral video was subjected to a vile tirade by an Eagles fan is now being accused of setting up the Eagles fan.
The German Defence Ministry announced that it will no longer actively post on Elon Musk’s X social media site amid growing calls to censor the platform in Europe.
Indonesian Communications Minister Metuya Hafid said on Tuesday that her country will impose a minimum age for social media users, similar to what Australia has done.
President-elect Donald Trump expressed that he has a “warm spot” in his “heart for TikTok” as the app’s Chinese parent company is facing a looming January deadline to either sell the app or face a potential ban in the United States.
The author of a major report that questioned the efficacy of so-called gender affirming care for children has warned that Britain is engaging in a “deliberate social experiment” by allowing minors to use smartphones for several hours a day.
Australian politicians describe their ban on children under 16 using social media as “world-leading,” but in truth, the rest of the world is not far behind them. An international consensus against permitting children on social media gained momentum in 2024, despite deep reservations from Internet freedom advocates.
Members of Parliament in the United Kingdom are set to summon American businessman Elon Musk to appear before an inquiry into social media’s supposed role in the anti-mass migration protests following the stabbing spree in Southport.
Australia is rushing to get a new law banning children under 16 from using most social media platforms through parliament.
NBA star LeBron James has informed followers that he is taking a break from social media “for the time being.”
A man drove his SUV into a crowd of students and pedestrians outside a school in Changde, China, on Tuesday, causing numerous injuries but no reported fatalities.
Canadian police are disrupting a growing number of Islamic State terrorist plots in major cities, a resurgence driven by ISIS recruiting young Canadians to its ranks.
China’s young people have tried a number of ways to deal with high unemployment in their country’s tottering economy, from valorizing joblessness as a form of political protest to “working” as valets for their aging parents.
Occupy Democrats and other major leftist social media pages are raging about President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and his cabinet picks, fear mongering about rising food prices, infant mortality rates, and misogyny.
Social media users raved over Jake Paul’s patriotic speech after winning his fight against boxing legend Mike Tyson on Friday night, Paul saying he felt “honored to be a part of America” and adding that “it feels like we’re back.”
Britain’s top left-wing newspaper, The Guardian, has announced it will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X social media platform over “far-right conspiracy theories and racism” and Musk’s decision to campaign for Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election.
