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    Grandson's sweet gesture to help family business goes 'viral' on social media

    The Mexican in Fallowfield opened last August but the owner's grandson is calling on customers for their support

  • Beyond NYU: Writing to help women combat social media’s toxic impact

    CAS alum Kara Alaimo is encouraging women to overcome the problematic nature of social media through her new book, “Over the Influence: Why Social Media is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back.” Alaimo always planned to study journalism in the College of Arts & Science, but became interested This story Beyond NYU: Writing to help women combat social media’s toxic impact appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • Social media giants must help us clamp down on soaring fraud, says bank boss

    Exclusive: ‘It is time for tech firms to step up to protect people using their sites,’ warns head of major bank

  • Trump's lawyers and prosecutors spar over 'lock him up' posts and 2020 social media. Here's what you missed on trial Day 2.

    The task of finding 12 impartial jurors was off to a bumpy start Tuesday as attorneys for Donald Trump, a former president known for his unfiltered use of social media, pressed New Yorkers about whether they could fairly judge him. A prospective juror pronounced Trump “totally guilty” in an interview outside the courthouse Monday. A day later, that person, an American history teacher, was struck from a rapidly winnowing pool of more than 500 New Yorkers. Lawyers excavated ancient social media...

  • Bad Bunny Hands 'Social Star Of The Year' Drew McIntyre A Social Media L

    Bad Bunny has jokes. Drew McIntyre had a rollercoaster Sunday, winning the Slammy for "Social Star of the Year" and winning the WWE World Heavyweight Title from Seth Rollins at WWE WrestleMania XL. Unfortunately for McIntyre, Damian Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Drew to win the WWE World Heavyweight Title. McIntyre may now need to hand Bad Bunny his "Social Star of the Year" Slammy after the recording artist responded to a tweet sent by McIntyre during his...

  • What happens when we train our AI on social media?

    The unique relationship between social media and AI continues to develop in interesting ways, with Reddit’s recent deal with Google allowing their AI to train on its content, and tech companies’ sudden interest in once-popular social media sites like Photobucket.  But there is a question looming in the background of these deals: Even if AI companies can train their models on social media, is doing so really such a good idea?  AI companies have largely relied on the internet, especially...

  • Social Media Companies Are Having a Bad Moment

    Nick H. Penniman What if it were the start of a movement?

  • Coalition talks again bogged down in social media disputes

    Talks on forming a new right-wing coalition government in the Netherlands continue to be dogged by social media posts, particularly by far-right leader Geert Wilders. On Thursday Wilders refused to withdraw a post he had placed about the VVD’s junior immigration minister Eric van der Burg, describing him instead as someone “who has turned the Netherlands into one big refugee centre” and a “scary little man”. Earlier Van der Burg had said during a parliamentary debate that the decision not

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    Social media threat closes Kamehameha Schools

    HONOLULU (KHON2) -- The Kamehameha Schools is taking action after a threat to the school was circulating on social media. "With an abundance of caution will be canceling school today, Monday, April 15 for all haumāna, staff and faculty at Kalihi-Palama and Kapalama Preschools," the school said in a letter to the KS community. []

  • Why I Stopped Posting Most Of My Personal Life On Social Media

    I was experiencing my life again instead of curating it for my followers.

  • What's the deal with social media and youth mental health?

    Increasing use of social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple. We are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Two new studies show that Americans are more worried about their mental health than their physical health. In the UK, research by King's College London found people of all ages agree that young people are struggling with their mental health, with parents blaming the COVID pandemic. In Australia,...

  • China bans Uyghurs from using social media apps

    Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang.