Tag: social media
Meta & Google found liable in landmark cases for knowingly causing...
Over the course of the trials, documents revealed that tech companies were well aware of the addictive properties of their social media products and exploited these properties to increase their profits.
Extreme weather events are the new frontline of online climate denial—report
Analyzing Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube, it found that three quarters of the most popular misleading posts focused on extreme weather events.
I’m a brand new activist—here’s what got me to join others...
It’s impossible to truly understand an issue until it becomes personal in some way. That’s exactly what happened to me.
Resistance to Trump is everywhere—inside the first 50 days of mass...
From boycotts to mass noncompliance to street demonstrations, the response to the Trump administration’s policies has consisted of an impressive range of nonviolent tactics.
Appeals court Upholding TikTok ban is a grim sign for press...
A U.S. District Court of Appeals panel, with two Republican-appointed judges and one picked by a Democrat, has upheld a law forcing the sale of TikTok because of its alleged Chinese government control.
Trump media quietly enters deal with a Republican donor who could...
Does the deal with energy magnate James E. Davison present conflicts of interest?
EU investigates Meta for addictive effect social media has on children
The European Commission—the executive arm of the EU—opened “formal proceedings” against Meta last week to see if the company violated the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) protections for minors.
Oil companies use paid news media partnerships to protect ‘social license...
Content created by the in-house advertising studios of major media is coming under growing scrutiny.
New bill that would effectively ban TikTok in US passes House
The bill would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless the social media platform's parent company, ByteDance, divests its holdings.
How mindsets drive commentary—whether reform, revolution, reaction or resistance to change
Cheap shots only cheapen what still in the main offers an effective, worldwide online opportunity.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.