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The University of Utah apologized to Pat McAfee for a social post that drew his safety concerns after College GameDay.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won another term on Sunday, with the help of a seismic social media campaign that convinced Brazilians to reject his rival.

TikTok's latest trend claims to help combat brain rot and reduce doomscrolling with analog hobbies.

President Trump ripped comedian Bill Maher in a lengthy social media post.

President Donald Trump tore into HBO host and comedian Bill Maher in a lengthy social media rant on Sunday, calling him a liar and accusing him of using a “laugh machine” on his “low-rated” show — despite promising beforehand that he wouldn’t say “mean” things. Trump, via his Truth Social platform, appeared to be responding ...

A tougher message on crime, a savvy social media strategy, and a welfare boost helped the 80-year-old leftist secure an unprecedented fourth term.

A young woman on Instagram smiles into the camera. The caption: “My reaction to your abortions.” One abortion, thumbs up. Five, thumbs up. Eight, still smiling. After that, a shrug and “hmm, ok.” The video has more than a million views. Its most-liked comment: “100 abortions > 100 kids.” Other comments drew tens of thousands ...

Kenneth Card claims a Texas Roadhouse in Forsyth, Illinois, served him sirloin instead of filet mignon three times, sparking a viral TikTok debate.

A tidal wave of litigation is catching up to Meta, leading to $42 billion in recent penalties and settlements , a powerful reminder to AI companies that they could face a court reckoning even when regulation lags. Why it matters : AI companies are racing to build better models and autonomous agents, but they don't enjoy the same legal protections that shielded web platforms for decades. The scale of the penalties Meta is facing offers a preview of potential legal exposure . The big picture : For years, Facebook's parent company navigated a seemingly endless string of scandals — weathering allegations of election interference, privacy lapses and platform harms — and was largely protected from severe litigation penalties due to Section 230. The provision — from a historic 1996 law passed as the internet was just beginning to change modern life — protects tech platforms from being sued over content created by their users. Legal experts say that law doesn't apply to AI. Models create their own content, so companies could face traditional product liability and negligence claims. Catch up quick : The two massive rulings highlight how legal risk for tech giants can extend by a decade, or proceed much faster. Meta was just hit with a $25 billion penalty over the Cambridge Analytica scandal after a jury found the company misled users about Facebook's privacy practices. Many details about that event surfaced nearly 10 years ago. The company said it believes it will win an appeal, and legal experts have said the penalty will likely be reduced. In August, the company agreed to a $17 billion settlement with states related to the impact of Meta products such as Instagram on teen mental health. State of play : A key cog in the Trump administration's regulatory efforts is the threat of litigation. Liability is sure to feature prominently in the risks AI giants such as Anthropic and OpenAI spell out to shareholders as they prepare for massive public listings. Anthropic's IPO is expected before Thanksgiving. The companies face an array of legal threats, including harms caused directly by their models, the potential damage from bad actors who use them and copyright matters that remain far from settled. The potential to be hauled into court isn't limited to AI companies; it could also extend to firms that use AI. Yes, but : Big legal penalties take years to arrive, meaning a product can take off and revolutionize the world long before a court determines whether safeguards are adequate. As recent cases have shown, the AI paper trail is extensive, and records of internal warnings, testing and product decisions will shape the findings by judges and juries. Warnings about catastrophe from AI executives will also be ready at hand, and variations on "I told you so" aren't likely to indemnify CEOs. The bottom line : Meta's recent penalty offers a warning to AI companies: legal exposure can build slowly, then become enormous.

A social media search for the term “unpaid labor” yields thousands of videos and posts upset that homemakers will never receive a salary for what they spend all day doing. One post, from a group called “Care Gap,” notes that “women spend nearly 80 hours a week on unpaid labor.” Other accounts attempt to quantify ...

Australia, concerned over social media's impact on kids, placed restrictions for children under 16 on many major platforms. It's too soon to say if the law's working, but it's now a global test case.

Australia, concerned over social media's impact on kids, placed restrictions for children under 16 on many major platforms. It's too soon to say if the law's working, but it's now a global test case.

First, inside Trump's third-country deportations. Then, Trump, Tina Peters and funds for Colorado. And, Australia's under-16 social media ban.

Australia placed restrictions on social media for under-16s. But the government says Big Tech is dragging its feet on compliance — and many teens are still on the platforms.

In 2021, Frances Haugen, a former Facebook employee turned whistleblower, told 60 Minutes that in her time with the company she saw "conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook."

Gen Z is officially stuck in a “sex recession” — but adult star Alix Lynx insists porn isn’t to blame for young people checking out of the bedroom, despite the notion that porn ruins sex lives. After a study from the Kinsey Institute revealed that young adults are reporting record-low levels of sexual activity, despite...

Angel Reese shut down a TikTok influencer's courtside marriage proposal during the WNBA Finals, but her response had fans buzzing online.

I can’t say I’m enjoying my new gig as a would-be creator. But these days, I don’t have much choice I recently started posting videos on Instagram. Like, actual videos. Reels, as they call them. Where I say things, with one of those obnoxiously tiny microphones with the fuzzy head on top. I remember when microphones were gigantic tubular monstrosities that you couldn’t accidentally swallow without a pretty substantial effort and a handful of God-given talent. Dave Schilling is a Los Angeles-based writer and humorist Continue reading...

The recent Meta settlement includes a clause banning "cosmetic procedure filters" for teens. But defining what constitutes an extreme makeover isn't easy.

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A new book by the hosts of Who? Weekly scrutinizes how social media democratized fame.

The scale, frequency, quantification, and accessibility of social comparison have all changed, writes Dr. Ashwini Nadkarni.

Are we doomscrolling our way into a democratic crisis? That’s what the playwright James Graham fears may be happening, as he suggests that our algorithms have led us into ‘a massive crisis of the new’ and are preventing us from imagining a different future Aditya suggested reading (and watching) list for James Graham James Graham has written a shaming amount. I’ve listed below three 1. Dear England: about England’s football team https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002qktz/dear-england 2. Sherwood: mentioned in the conversation, set in the village where James Graham grew up in the shadow of the miners’ strike https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0c724lz/sherwood 3. Quiz: set on the British quiz show, Who wants to be a millionaire, where a contestant wins a million quid https://www.itv.com/watch/quiz/2a7854 On cultural stagnation: A lot of people say culture is stuck, although few sketch out the political consequences of that stagnation as well as James Graham does in our chat. Many also disagree on why: For ‘it was the algorithm that did it’, read Filterworld: How algorithms flattened culture by Kyle Chayka For a wider ranging explantaion look at Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century by W. David Marx Those two are fairly recent. Much earlier and truly magnificent is the much-missed Mark Fisher on what he called the slow cancellation of the future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCgkLICTskQ On the same theme this essay by Adam Mastroianni is great https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-decline-of-deviance Continue reading...

“If you encounter ICE, these are your rights,” Mamdani, speaking in Spanish, opens the minute-and-half long video, which was posted on social media.