Senators say tech CEOs have ‘blood’ on their hands, Zuckerberg apologizes: Live updates

The chief executives of five major social media companies appeared before senators Wednesday for a highly anticipated hearing on the harms children and teens face online. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, Snap CEO … Read More

Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm

SEATTLE (AP) — The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. Seattle Public Schools … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – November 4, 2022

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Greetings from Tyler, Around the world, leaders have taken note. Why else is there a war in Ukraine? Why are the Chinese maneuvering toward Taiwan, insisting that it’s sovereign territory? Why is little rocket man shooting rockets toward Japan and … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 18 March 2022

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Greetings from Tyler, Something huge is brewing, and it promises to be one of the most embarrassing, gut-wrenching experiences this nation has ever endured.  Media companies eventually have to figure out how to save themselves.  When something becomes so well … Read More

Hebrew speakers mock Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta

(CNN) Social media users in Israel are mocking Facebook’s company name change to Meta, as it sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “dead.” Many Twitter users scoffed at the social media company’s rebrand — revealed by founder Mark Zuckerberg … Read More

COVID-19 and misinformation

In February this year, when the new coronavirus began to spread outside China, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced: “we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic” (https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/munich-security-conference). The term, coined … Read More

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