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FILE – Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA’s American Comeback Tour on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

Widespread availability of graphic Charlie Kirk shooting video shows content moderation challenges

September 12, 2025 at 4:47 p.m.

The events illustrate the content moderation challenges platforms face in handling fast-moving real-time events, complicated by the death of a polarizing conservative activist who was shot in front of a...

What to know about a potential deal to keep TikTok running in US

July 7, 2025 at 2:50 p.m.

Less than a month after extending a deadline to ban TikTok for the third time, President Donald Trump told reporters late Friday night that, “We pretty much have a deal,”...

President Donald Trump delays the TikTok ban once again

June 19, 2025 at 12:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal...

Free Geek employee Ashley Martinez points to the screen while helping John Castro during a keyboard basics class offered by Free Geek on Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. President Donald Trump calls it racist and acts to end it

May 25, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

It all came crashing down this month when President Donald Trump — on his own digital platform, Truth Social — announced his intention to end the Digital Equity Act, a...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a rally ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

From backing a ban to being hailed as a savior: Inside Donald Trump’s TikTok shift

January 19, 2025 at 7:53 p.m.

After going dark for users this weekend, Donald Trump said on his social media site that he would issue an executive order after he’s sworn in for a second term...

FILE – Mark Zuckerberg talks about the Orion AR glasses during the Meta Connect conference on Sept. 25, 2024, in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

Meta eliminates fact-checking in latest bow to Trump

January 7, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta said Tuesday it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by...

FILE – The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots

December 22, 2024 at 8:54 a.m.

With Bluesky's growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to...

FILE – Students use their cellphones as they leave for the day the Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts High School in downtown Los Angeles, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

September 17, 2024 at 3:40 p.m.

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Elon Musk deletes post about Kamala Harris and Joe Biden assassination after widespread criticism

September 16, 2024 at 4:56 p.m.

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said “no one is even trying to assassinate” President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala...

FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2020. Musk arrived in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday, May 19, 2024, to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

How X owner Elon Musk uses his social platform to amplify his right-wing views

August 13, 2024 at 11:22 a.m.

As X’s owner and most followed user, Elon Musk has increasingly used the social media platform as a microphone to amplify his political views and, lately, those of right-wing figures...

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