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Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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Unlikely savior: How a Stanley cup shielded a woman from a stray bullet
According to the TikToker, the cup saved her life when a stray bullet came through her house and ricocheted off the cup, which was sitting right in front of her.
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Legislatures look at Texas social media laws
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments over a Texas law passed three years ago that raises questions about whether social media companies have the right to remove users from their platforms when they violate the terms of service or if users have freedom of speech to post whatever they want online. NBC 5’s political reporter Phil Prazan has...
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GOP-led states want to regulate posting on social media. The Supreme Court will decide if they can
The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to state laws Monday that could affect how Facebook, TikTok, X and other social media platforms regulate content posted by their users.
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Feel confident in the clothes you wear
Influencer and founder of Nuuds, Daryl-Ann Denner, shares the story behind her clothing line.
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Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
Even with apparent bipartisan unity, making laws and regulating companies takes time. What are parents — and teens — supposed to do in the meantime?
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Tech, social media CEOs testify before congress about child safety
Mark Zuckerberg was among the CEOs to testify about child safety on social media platforms. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen has the details.
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Senate Judiciary Committee grills social media CEOs over child safety
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled executives of some the largest social media platforms in the world, including X’s Linda Yaccarino, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. The committee alleges these businesses fail to protect children from online dangers.
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Social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child safety on their platforms.
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Top Dallas food spots: Vote for your favorite in TikTok critic Keith Lee's poll
Keith Lee, a social media food critic with millions of followers on TikTok and Instagram, plans to visit Dallas soon.
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Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, according to new report
Sextortion is a “transnational crime threat that is actually causing a significant number of American deaths,” said Paul Raffile, a senior intelligence analyst with the NCRI.
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Husband creates at-home Chipotle station for his wife, goes viral for being ‘wholesome'
On Jan. 4, Braxton and Tia Hooks, a couple known as @tableview15 on TikTok, shared a video from Tia’s point of view of Braxton presenting her dinner in a Chipotle-inspired way.
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Man files lawsuit against 27 women over ‘malicious' dating posts in Facebook group
The man filed a complaint against the women, one man, Meta and other social media companies for comments shared in a group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy?”
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Meta says it will hide posts about suicide, eating disorders from teens' Instagram and Facebook feeds
Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
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Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue off of minors, a Harvard study finds
A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.
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As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections
The safeguards that attempted to counter bogus claims during the last election are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only getting stronger.
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‘Get Ready With Me': Video genre on everyday life thrives more than a decade after inception
More than a decade after debuting on the once-nascent YouTube creator community, “Get Ready with Me” videos have inundated social media.
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How to protect your social media from hackers
After a hacker took over her social media, a North Texan said she watched, helplessly, as a stranger used her good name to take money from people. She said she couldn’t get help from the social media platform. Experts talk about key steps you can take to protect your social media identity.
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How to better secure your identity on social media
After a hacker took over her social media, a North Texan said she watched, helplessly, as a stranger used her good name to take money from people.
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IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own tweets endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.