Dec 20 Right-wing social media platform Parler plans to relaunch early 2024 By Associated Press The right-wing friendly app, which was temporarily booted offline following the Jan. 6 insurrection, has been offline since April after it was purchased by the digital media conglomerate Starboard. Continue reading
Dec 19 Meta's Oversight Board reversed initial decisions to remove 2 videos of Israel-Hamas war By Associated Press A quasi-independent review board is recommending that Facebook parent company Meta overturn two decisions it made this fall to remove posts “informing the world about human suffering on both sides” of the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Dec 18 EU investigates X over potential violations of social media law By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press The European Union has made Elon Musk’s online platform X the first tech company to face an investigation under Europe’s tough new regulations designed to clean up social media and protect people from toxic online content. Continue reading
Dec 10 Elon Musk restores conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' X account, reversing Twitter's ban By Associated Press Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, pointing to a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that came out in favor of the Infowars host who repeatedly called the 2012 Sandy Hook… Continue reading
Nov 15 Nikki Haley walks back her demand that social media ban anonymous posters after backlash By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Nikki Haley says anonymity online poses a "national security threat." The GOP presidential contender Tuesday called for user verification and said social media networks should reveal their algorithms. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 6:01 Supreme Court takes on cases involving public officials blocking social media followers By Saher Khan, Ian Couzens The Supreme Court heard arguments in two key cases about how public officials use social media. The cases explore whether two school board members in California and a city manager in Michigan violated the First Amendment by blocking constituents from… Continue watching
Oct 31 LISTEN: Supreme Court considers whether public officials can block critics on social media By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court is tackling the question of when public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts. Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 6:17 Dozens of states sue Meta claiming social media addiction harms children's mental health By Stephanie Sy, Shoshana Dubnow More than 40 states and the District of Columbia have sued Meta, accusing the tech giant of building addictive features into its popular social media platforms that contribute to a youth mental health crisis. The states say Meta uses "powerful… Continue watching
Oct 24 More than 40 states sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health By Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press The lawsuit filed in federal court in California also claims that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents' consent, in violation of federal law. Continue reading
Oct 20 Judge fines Trump $5,000 after post disparaging court staffer is found on campaign website By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press Judge Arthur Engoron avoided holding Trump in contempt, for now, but reserved the right to do so — and possibly even put him in jail — if he continued to violate a gag order barring parties in the case from… Continue reading