• Jets' beat writer claims team is unserious franchise for embracing viral social media moment

    There are so many instances when you could point to the New York Jets as an “unserious” franchise. But the organization’s social media team connecting its fanbase to a newly signed player through the power of a breakfast sandwich isn’t one of them. Last month, the Jets signed Mike Williams to a one-year contract worth

  • Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases

    Federal Judge Clears Facebook's Zuckerberg Of Personal Liability In 25 'Social Media Addiction' Cases Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has ruled Meta Platforms, Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg will not face personal liability in 25 legal complaints alleging his social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, have harmed children. Meta is facing dozens of separate legal complaints alleging the company failed to sufficiently warn adolescent users about the...

  • Mark Zuckerberg wins dismissal in lawsuits that sought to hold him personally liable for social media addiction

    Meta and other firms, including Google, TikTok, and Snap, are facing hundreds of lawsuits accusing the companies of being responsible for the harms they allegedly cause children. As reported by Reuters, 25 of these cases aim to hold Zuckerberg personally liable, claiming he gave a false impression about the platforms'Read Entire Article

  • 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.

  • 2 teachers jailed for criticizing authorities on social media

    They are the latest examples of Vietnam’s suppression of basic freedoms and civil rights.

  • Crafting internal accessibility guidelines for social media content

    How communicators can create an environment where everyone feels empowered to engage. April is Autism Awareness Month, an opportune time to re-evaluate how you communicate with accessibility in mind for internal and external audiences. During Ragan and PR Daily’s Social Media Conference last month, Emily Lucht, director of digital communications at the U.S. Naval Academy […]

  • 'Social Media Knob': Musk scorned over stance on X

    The eSafety Commissioner could use an extraordinary power to force telcos to block access to social media site X, formerly Twitter, as the company cops scorn from politicians for fighting an order to take down graphic material. The commissioner has issued an edict to the social media giant to remove graphic content of a recent […]

  • China bans Uyghurs from using social media apps

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