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TikTok Finalizes Deal to Form New American Version of the App

Donald Trump said he hopes 'that long into the future I will be remembered by those who use and love TikTok.'

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UK Considers Australia-Style Teen Social Media Ban

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says ’no option off the table’ regarding following Australia social media ban.

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Senate Commerce Committee United in Support of Limiting Kids’ Screen Time

Still, the E-Rate program got caught in partisan crossfire, as some senators said the program led to unsupervised connectivity in schools.

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Virtual Reality Opens Doors for Older People to Build Closer Connections in Real Life

Residents of senior living communities can return to their days of wanderlust and thrill-seeking with virtual reality headsets.

AI

Boys at Her School Shared AI-Generated, Nude Images of Her. After a Fight, She Was the One Expelled

The police took the opposite action, charging two of the boys who’d been accused of sharing explicit images.

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House Panel Advances 18-Bill Kids’ Online Safety Package

Democrats warn the proposals would override stronger state privacy laws.

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Australia Will Enforce a Social Media Ban for Children Under 16 Despite a Court Challenge

A Sydney-based digital rights advocate on Wednesday filed a constitutional challenge against the law, which takes effect on Dec. 10.

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X's New Feature Raises Questions About Foreign Origins of U.S. Political Accounts

Online sleuths and experts quickly found that many popular accounts are based outside the United States

Rep. Erin Houchin to Keynote Broadband Breakfast Panel on AI's Impact on Children

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Denmark to Ban Access to Social Media for Children Under 15

The measure is one of the most sweeping steps against teen and child social media use by a European government.

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China Says it Will Work with U.S. to Resolve Issues Related to TikTok

Trump and Xi Jinping met but did not finalize an expected deal on TikTok's ownership, leaving the app's fate in the U.S. uncertain.

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EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaching Transparency Rules

The European Union says Meta and TikTok have breached transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act.

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Instagram Says It's Limiting Teens to PG-13 Content

Meta announced that Instagram will restrict teenagers to PG-13 content by default, requiring parental permission to change settings.

Social Media

Chair of House China Committee Demands Urgent White House Briefing on TikTok Deal

The request by John Moolenaar, Chairman of Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party, comes after Trump signed an executive order supporting the arrangement.

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Framework Deal on TikTok Reached Between U.S. and China: Sec. Bessent

Bessent says the objective of the deal would be to switch to U.S. ownership; Trump and Xi to speak Friday, possibly to finalize the deal.

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‘Social Media is a Cancer’: Making Sense of the Charlie Kirk Assassination

Connecting the dots between Utah politics and culture, the hyper-partisan world of social media, and a tragic political assassination.