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March 16, 2024
Supreme Court defines when it’s illegal for public officials to block social media critics
In an opinion signed by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court established a test to determine when a public…
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March 15, 2024
CIA allegedly made fake social media accounts to troll the Chinese government
The CIA allegedly launched a secret operation to troll Chinese officials and turn public opinion against them through leaked intelligence…
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February 11, 2024
Bluesky is the hottest new(ish) thing in social networks
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 25, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re…
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October 20, 2023
Israel-Hamas war: how social media companies are handling the response
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The war in Israel presents content moderation challenges for the most popular…
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October 9, 2023
California governor signs ban on social media ‘aiding or abetting’ child abuse
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1394, a law that would punish web services for “knowingly facilitating, aiding, or…
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October 3, 2023
X Social Media is suing X, a social media company
It was bound to happen eventually: a company has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Elon Musk’s X Corp.…
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September 9, 2023
Roblox: all the news about the popular social and gaming platform
Illustration: The Verge The giant metaverse platform is huge with kids and getting more popular with adults. Continue reading…
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September 7, 2023
This 1977 horror novel is about social media
The creators are “little more than boys” and clean and neat, like salespeople or bankers. They are looking for manuscripts…
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July 15, 2023
The Biden administration can talk to social media sites again — for now
Originally, Judge Terry Doughty suggested that the Biden administration may be suppressing “millions of protected free speech postings by American…
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July 5, 2023
US Judge blocks Biden officials from contacting social media sites
A US federal judge ruled that a slew of Biden administration officials are prohibited from contacting social media companies about…
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July 4, 2023
Twitter’s succession: all the news about alternative social media platforms
If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla’s new Mastodon instance, you’re not allowed to harass other users.…
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May 24, 2023
The surgeon general’s wake-up call for social networks
For many years now, a group of researchers and activists have warned about the potential dangers of children using social…
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