Social Media
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Newyork
There’s Little to Stop Trump Shooting Conspiracies From Spreading
It took minutes after the shooting at Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday for misinformation to begin circulating on social media. Maybe the shooter was an Italian soccer commentator. Perhaps Mr. Trump was shot in the chest. The platform X ...
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Newyork
MAGA Is Not Getting Everything It Wants From the Supreme Court
If you really want to understand the conservative-dominated Supreme Court, it’s important to realize that all the Republican nominees who sit on it formed their legal philosophy and forged their legal reputations long before Donald Trump was elected ...
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News
Researchers Say Social Media Warning Is Too Broad
Some scientists who study youth mental health say the evidence does not support the notion that social media is harmful per se.
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Newyork
Surgeon General: For Our Kids’ Safety, Social Media Platforms Need a Health Warning
One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don’t have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, and you act quickly. The mental health ...
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News
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms
Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health.
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Newyork
I Love Facebook. That’s Why I’m Suing Meta.
While it’s become fashionable to dump on the aging social media platform Facebook, I quite enjoy using it. Many of my high school and college friends use it to celebrate birthdays and share news of their children and their travels. Eight years ago, I ...
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News
Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
The measure would bar networks like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram from giving accounts to children under 16.
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Newyork
Avert Your Eyes, Avoid Responsibility and Just Blame TikTok
We’re in a season of hand-wringing and scapegoating over social media, especially TikTok, with many Americans and politicians missing that two things can be true at once: Social media can have an outsized and sometimes pernicious influence on society ...
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Newyork
Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential — a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s all-consuming — a helpless catapult into a slurry of anxiety, self-harm and depression. To each his own internet. Still, we can make ...
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Newyork
If Your Child Is Addicted to TikTok, This May Be the Cure
Children are suffering under the weight of social media. New York lawmakers believe they have a strategy to halt the damage.