New technologies are complicating efforts to teach the scrolling generation to think critically and defensively online.
Category: Social Media
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They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.
The Trump administration said five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet had been barred from entering the United States.
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U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
The Trump administration, citing “foreign censorship,” imposed travel bans on experts involved in monitoring major tech platforms.
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Influencers Get Their Night at the Opera as the Met Courts New Fans
The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn’t scary or even unaffordable.
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Pierre Laborde Bags Are Sending New Yorkers Into a Frenzy at the Grand Bazaar
If you’ve seen a chaotic scene on TikTok lately with people clamoring for brightly colored handbags, chances are good that it was for Pierre Laborde.
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What Is ‘Functional Freeze’?
The term has been popularized on social media to describe numbness and low motivation. Experts offer ways to break out of these feelings.
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Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult
Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?
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How the Salvation Arm’s Angel Tree Became a Holiday TikTok Drama
Is it genuine — or just plain gauche — to post about gift hauls for children in need?
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Sean Duffy’s Daughter Calls T.S.A. ‘Unconstitutional’ After Airport Pat-Down
Evita Duffy-Alfonso suggested that her father, the transportation secretary, would try to eliminate the security agency if he were in charge of it.
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TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban
The Chinese-owned video app reached agreements with the software giant Oracle and two investment firms, Silver Lake and MGX, as part of a deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States.
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Truth Social Parent to Merge With Nuclear Fusion Firm in $6 Billion Deal
The deal would be a total transformation for Trump Media & Technology Group, the social media and crypto company in which President Trump holds a large stake.
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Gen Z’s Pop Breakouts Danced in Britney Spears’s Footsteps in 2025
Sabrina Carpenter, Tate McRae and Addison Rae’s music is influenced by the superstar who shot to fame before they were born. They’ve learned lessons from her hard times, too.