Culture
AI being used to fake digital porn and blackmail teens, warns FBI, expertsExperts familiar with the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are warning that the rapidly evolving technology is being used to fake child pornography and blackmail kids. “Malicious actors… Read More
Public Education
Nevada teacher says white teachers are the problem, promotes riots in videosAnother teacher is under fire after a series of TikTok videos appeared online promoting far left views and containing controversial comments on race. Jennifer Leja, a teacher at Hyde… Read More
Public Education
Florida law allows teachers to restrict social media use in classrooms in pursuit of ‘traditional education,’ says DeSantisFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that will allow teachers to limit the use of social media and cell phone devices by students in the classroom."It gives… Read More
Culture
Montana OKs bans on transgender treatments for minors, TikTok in bid to keep kids safe(Daily Signal) – Montana recently passed a bill banning transgender treatments on minors.“It’s very important that we protect our children, especially physically, from these treatments that are permanent,” Montana… Read More
Crime, Kansas City
Worlds of Fun melee results in new chaperone policy for guests under 16 after 4 p.m.; wary law enforcement hopes it helpsWorlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City will require chaperones starting Saturday for guests under 16, after a wild melee a week prior involving 100-150 teens. The… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Time to admit that social media is complicit in school shootingsAs the nation shakes it’s collective head in disbelief over another school shooting, social media companies once again avoid shouldering their share of the blame for the violence.One… Read More
Biden administration
‘Taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’ assailed by Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt at congressional hearing(The Center Square) – The Biden administration's collusion with social media companies and others to censor speech related to COVID-19, election integrity and other issues "was far more pervasive… Read More
Culture
Utah Gov. Cox signs bills requiring parental consent on minors’ social media use, among other restrictionsUtah Gov. Spencer Cox made history by approving the nation’s first laws requiring parental consent for a minor to use a social media application.Four other states are considering… Read More
Courts
Who’s to blame? More school systems suing social media companies over student mental health(Daily Caller) – Following the example of Seattle Public Schools, more school districts across the country are suing social media companies… Read More
Social Media
Kids under 16 should be barred from social media, and parents should be empowered to delete their Big Tech data, says HawleyChildren shouldn’t be allowed on social media until age 16, argues Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who plans that and other legislation to protect kids from the documented hazards of… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Seattle Public Schools sues social media companies for exploiting youth, seeks compensation for damagesSeattle Public Schools (SPS)sued several social media companies on Friday, including Facebook, Instagram, Google, and YouTube, seeking damages for harm done to youth.In the suit, SPS accuses… Read More
Culture
5 stats for parents to know about teen digital media use(The Gospel Coalition) – I have two teenage sons. So one conversation I have over and over—with my kids, my husband, my friends—is how to handle video games.Sometimes… Read More
Big Tech
‘Accountability is coming:’ Twitter files spark calls for consequences, answers(The Center Square) – A series of document dumps called the “Twitter files” have exposed the social media companies’ collusion with federal law enforcement and the Democratic Party to… Read More
Culture, Public Education
AGs release Fauci deposition in social media collusion lawsuit alleging censorship of pandemic policy criticism(The Center Square) – A 359-page transcript of the deposition of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, was released Monday by the two attorneys… Read More
Big Tech
Musk expected to expand Twitter operations in TexasLawsuits, investigations expected over released ‘Twitter files’ (The Center Square) – Before and after billionaire Elon Musk acquired the social media company Twitter, he’d been invited by Texas Gov. Read More
Big Tech, Opinion
COLUMN: Missouri senator, attorney general nearly alone in standing against government censorship on Facebook, Instagram, other social mediaJosh Hawley gives his U.S. Senate colleagues far too much credit when he excuses them for supposedly not knowing the extent of the Biden administration’s conspiracy to silence domestic… Read More
Courts
Judge orders discovery phase in social media collusion lawsuit against Biden administration(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden, members of his administration and select social media companies must turn over documents and answer questions within the next 30 days during a… Read More
Big Tech, Free Speech, Social Media
Louisiana, Missouri AGs want judge to block Biden from pressing social media to censor free speech(The Center Square) – Two attorneys general filed for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against President Biden and other federal officials for allegedly colluding with social media… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Are conservatives being censored by Big Tech? The evidence is becoming overwhelming. What to do?If Facebook has a “Most Wanted” poster in its break room, John Altevogt’s mug is likely on it. The Kansas City conservative has been in and out of… Read More
National, State Government
AGs sue Biden administration over claims it colluded with social media giants to censor speech(The Center Square) – As states push back against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ plan to combat “disinformation,” two attorneys general sued him, President Joe Biden, and… Read More