The Utah and Arkansas Social Media Bans Won’t Protect Us
This week, Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders signed into law a bill that requires parents or guardians to grant permission for their child to have a social media account. Last month,…
Instagram Finally Lets You Post Multiple In-Bio Links
Instagram has caved to years of creator demands. The social platform will now let users include links to multiple external sites directly in their in-app profiles, as reported by multiple…
Why Banning TikTok Would Be a Cybersecurity Disaster
Photo: Koshiro K (Shutterstock) Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Off English TikTok is not be the first app to be scrutinized over the potential exposure of U.S. user data, but it…
Montana Just Passed the First State TikTok Ban
Montana made history on Friday by becoming the first state legislature to approve a wholesale TikTok affecting nearly all devices in the state. The first-of-its-kind ban, which goes far beyond…
Kids on BeReal Are Exposed to Sexual Content More Often Than Other Social Networks, Survey Finds
BeReal, a popular new spontaneous image-sharing app designed to show life, “without filters,” had the highest proportion of child users exposed to sexual content of any major social media app,…
These 9 Members of Congress Are Defending TikTok on TikTok
Photo: J. Scott Applewhite (AP) With calls for a national ban against TikTok growing more and more common by the week, particularly in Congress, it’s never been a tougher time…
Investigation Finds YouTube Served New Teen User Almost 30 Andrew Tate Videos in Less Than 2 Hours
After signing up to YouTube as a new, 13-year-old user, Sky News found that YouTube flooded the feed with Andrew Tate videos, despite the professional misogynist being banned from the…
7 Other Times the U.S. Stupidly Tried to Ban TikTok
Photo: Samuel Corum (AP) U.S. government efforts to ban TikTok over national security grounds, once considered a pie-in-the-sky pipe dream, are looking more and more likely by the week, especially…
Rand Paul Warns That a TikTok Ban ‘Will Stick to Republicans More’ Than Democrats
Self-described libertarian, Kentucky Senator, and messy yard dispute loser Rand Paul has broken with fellow Republicans and become possibly the sole GOP voice opposing a national TikTok ban. In his…
Why TikTok Needed to Pay for Influencers to Attend Anti-Ban Rally
A fiery coalition of more than two dozen TikTok content creators gathered outside the steps of the nation’s capitol Wednesday to fiercely oppose growing lawmaker calls for a nationwide ban.…