At an inauguration-related event for President Donald Trump, Elon Musk throws a straight-armed gesture largely interpreted as a Nazi salute. In follow-up comments, Musk failed to put the controversy to rest by deriding critics and neglecting to issue an apology, leaving his intent ambiguous. Silicon Valley ❤️ MAGA Facebook decides to dispense with third-party fact checkers. Instead, it will rely completely on "Community Notes" to identify and contextualize misinformation.
Lewis cleared several benchmarks, including stress management counseling and training on responsible use of social media, to become eligible to re-join the officiating program. He is scheduled to return to action as a referee during a G League Showcase game between the Osceola Magic and Noblesville Boom at 6 p.m. EST Friday night at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando.
Almost every teenager in America is on social media now. The 2024 National Academies report confirmed what parents already suspected: Nearly 100 percent of adolescents have at least one account. And the research keeps piling up about what that's doing to them. Poor sleep. More anxiety. Depression rates are climbing; teens stay up until 2 a.m. and then wonder why they feel exhausted the next day. Middle schoolers compare themselves to filtered, photoshopped versions of reality and somehow expect to measure up.
For more than a century, Warner Bros has been one of Hollywood's biggest players, a legacy studio that helped define the Golden Age of cinema with iconic blockbuster movies. Now, it's at the centre of a contentious, billion-dollar bidding war between Netflix, the world's leading streaming platform, and Paramount Skydance, owned by the powerful Ellison family, which has close ties to President Trump.
Sadmir and his board game companions are just some of the 300 patients at the gaming disorder clinic, Australia's only publicly-run institution of its type, helping patients wean themselves off excessive online gaming habits. The room where they meet is a simple space in a faceless hospital but in the corner, there's a pile of boardgames on a chair. Jenga, Uno and Sushi Go are also popular choices at the informal group which is attended by both patients and clinicians.
I am calling on @elonmusk, @finkd, and @tiktok_us to remove the horrifying videos of Charlie Kirk's murder. He has a family, young children, and no one should be forced to relive this tragedy online, wrote Luna. These are not the only graphic videos of horrifying murders circulating at some point, social media begins to desensitize humanity. We must still value life. Please take them down.
Over the past 15 years, I briefed each of these companies about this complex issue. The first such briefing, back in December 2010, focused on my research on how Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups were using YouTube to radicalize young people in the West. At Google's invitation, I met with senior Google representatives, including its head of public relations and policy, senior policy manager, senior policy counsel and free speech attorney, at the company's Washington, D.C., office.
We've tried to draw the line here to create both continuity and clarity and protect public assets, but also respect the unique nature social media represents as a personal identity.
