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The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted 5-2 in favor of banning cellphones and social media use during the day amid outcry from educators.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was roasted on social media after he shared a photo of himself grilling hamburgers, and people pointed out that he had placed cheese on a raw hamburger. In a now-deleted post on X, Schumer shared a photo of

An employee with a news station in Ohio was fired over a post advocating for celebrating “straight pride” during LGBTQ Pride Month.

Update: One of the authors of the original New York Times story upon which this article is based published a new piece insisting that porn addiction is not prevalent in the Amazon tribe he reported on.

Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers talk about scroll addiction on the most recent episode of The Drill Down.

Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders has engaged in a social media squabble with recent transfer Gavin Kuld.

George Soros is funding groups pushing Big Tech to “juice their censorship operations before the 2024 U.S. presidential election.”

The U.S. Senate approved a bill late Tuesday night that could see TikTok banned in America over national security fears.

Ban on smartphones for under-16s has split the right between conservatives and libertarians over whether such intervention is worthwhile.

Brazilian “anti-fake news crusader” Alexandre de Moraes has opened an inquiry into Elon Musk and Twitter for defying censorship orders.

A woman accused of posing as a 14-year-old homeschooler while having a sexual relationship with a child is in trouble once again in Tampa Bay, Florida.

The Colombian government asked its citizens to denounce TikTok accounts that are being used by the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) terrorist organization to recruit minors into its ranks, Colombia’s Communications Minister Mauricio Lizcano announced Thursday.

The Oakland A’s announced they were moving from the Bay Area to West Sacramento. Their fans had a lot to say about it, but could not reply.

The earthquake that shook New York and New Jersey on Friday morning took the Internet by storm as shocked residents rushed to social media.

A woman in Stillwater, Oklahoma, said FBI agents came to her home to question her about her online activity after Facebook gave them screenshots of her posts.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday signed legislation aimed at addressing mounting concerns over minors and the addictive influence social media has on them.

Tuesday is the day former President Donald Trump’s social media start up Truth Social will begin trading on the Nasdaq composite index, offering an investment opportunity for people keen to join his fight against leftist censorship of conservative ideas.

Breitbart Editor-in-Chief and New York Times bestselling Breaking Biden author Alex Marlow said Monday on the “America First” podcast that TikTok was a cancer in the United States.

Former MSNBC bomb thrower Keith Olbermann is taking heat for posting his apparent hope that Donald Trump would be assassinated.

Claiming it is targeting the growing threat of violent extremism, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have established mechanisms to share information and coordinate with gaming companies and social media platforms, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report.

Chinese government documents and restricted military journals show how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using social media like TikTok and Hollywood to target vulnerable young consumers and tear at the fabric of American culture, according to Peter Schweizer’s new book: “Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans.”

An 11-year-old U.K. boy is dead after taking part in a TikTok trend called “chroming.” His family is now calling for the app to be banned.

“We celebrate life,” in contrast with Hamas “animals” who “celebrate death,” “Disturbed” frontman David Draiman said.

A young Alabama mother was allegedly abducted before being tortured, sexually assaulted, and killed by a group of eight suspects in a horrific attack recorded by the perpetrators.

People across the United States are reporting Facebook, Instagram, and Threads outages as Super Tuesday ramps up.

Indian police on Sunday detained four men and continued their manhunt for three others who allegedly attacked a Spanish tourist couple, beat them both, and gang-raped the woman.

A revised social media regulation bill is being proposed in Florida after Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed an initial version that sought to ban minors under 16 from platforms regardless of parental consent. As one Florida republican notes, Silicon Valley’s “business model is addiction that causes harm to children for profit.”

China cites President Joe Biden’s campaign page on TikTok as evidence that the U.S. government has been lying about the dangers of the app.

Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and Supreme Federal Tribunal Minister Alexandre de Moraes made calls for the regulation of social media.

Gisele Fetterman, wife of Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), has silenced her social media presence amid backlash from leftists angered over her husband’s staunch support for Israel.

X (formerly known as Twitter) has abruptly suspended the accounts of several well-known journalists and leftist figures, raising questions amongst media professionals and free speech advocates.

Meta – the parent company of Facebook – has announced new measures to restrict content related to suicide, self harm, and eating disorders from its teenage user base.

Officials say the teacher allegedly sent the boy naked photos and inappropriately touched him while they were inside her vehicle.

A recent study claims that almost half of all British teenagers view themselves as addicted to social media, reigniting debates on the impact of online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter on younger users.

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, is now valued at only $12.54 billion just 14 months after the Tesla tycoon acquired the social media platform for $44 billion, according to numbers released by Fidelity Investments.

Facebook has suspended the account Libs of TikTok, which exposes leftism and wokeness, for allegedly violating its community standards.