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How to spot misleading ads in community Facebook groups
The Better Business Bureau found instances of misleading ads posted in community Facebook groups. Some of the ads suggested they were local businesses, but when the BBB dug deeper, it discovered almost the exact same posts in other community groups across the country.
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Most teens report feeling happy or peaceful when they go without smartphones, Pew survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. teens say they feel happy or peaceful when they don’t have their phones with them, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.
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Keeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
Even with apparent bipartisan unity, making laws and regulating companies takes time. What are parents — and teens — supposed to do in the meantime?
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CT native and her talented backpack pup go viral on social media
Every day is an adventure – just ask Lumi, the backpack pup. Over the last few years, his owner, from Fairfield, has recorded their experiences and posted them to social media.
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CT native and her talented backpack pup go viral on social media
Every day is an adventure – just ask Lumi, the backpack pup. Over the last few years, his owner, from Fairfield, has recorded their experiences and posted them to social media. But none have garnered as much attention as their latest venture. “Maybe there was five, 7-year-old girls, and they were following us the whole way down the slope. Like…
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Senate Judiciary Committee grills social media CEOs over child safety
The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled executives of some the largest social media platforms in the world, including X’s Linda Yaccarino, TikTok’s Shou Zi Chew and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg. The committee alleges these businesses fail to protect children from online dangers.
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Social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
The CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about child safety on their platforms.
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Enfield mother watching big tech's response to social media safety for kids
Calling for more accountability to keep kids safe online. The leaders of major social media platforms will testify Wednesday before senators on the dangers kids face. Watching closely will be an Enfield mother who’s suing some of the companies for her daughter’s death. “We are the voice for these kids that are lost, who are gone now. They don’t...
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Sextortion training materials found on TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube, according to new report
Sextortion is a “transnational crime threat that is actually causing a significant number of American deaths,” said Paul Raffile, a senior intelligence analyst with the NCRI.
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Husband creates at-home Chipotle station for his wife, goes viral for being ‘wholesome'
On Jan. 4, Braxton and Tia Hooks, a couple known as @tableview15 on TikTok, shared a video from Tia’s point of view of Braxton presenting her dinner in a Chipotle-inspired way.
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Man files lawsuit against 27 women over ‘malicious' dating posts in Facebook group
The man filed a complaint against the women, one man, Meta and other social media companies for comments shared in a group called “Are We Dating the Same Guy?”
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Hartford influencer uses social media to promote cities, towns and food
There’s a young man in Hartford that’s using social media to put Connecticut on the map. His name is Jimmy Robinson, but you can find him online as @jimyofficial, showing off both restaurant food and places to visit around the state. “Today we’re here in New Haven, Connecticut at Bear’s Smokehouse, one of Connecticut’s most popular local barbecue restaurants,”...
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Hartford man uses social media to put CT on the map
There’s a young man in Hartford that is using social media to put Connecticut on the map. His name is Jimmy Robinson, but you can find him online as “Jimmy Official,” showing off food and places around the state.
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Meta says it will hide posts about suicide, eating disorders from teens' Instagram and Facebook feeds
Meta says it will start hiding inappropriate content from teenagers’ accounts on Instagram and Facebook.
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Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue off of minors, a Harvard study finds
A study from Harvard says social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year.
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As social media guardrails fade and AI deepfakes go mainstream, experts warn of impact on elections
The safeguards that attempted to counter bogus claims during the last election are eroding, while the tools and systems that create and spread them are only getting stronger.
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CT professor discusses Alex Jones being back on X
Dr. Bill Yousman from Sacred Heart University discusses the decision to reinstate the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. It comes just days before Dec. 14, which marks 11 years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.
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‘Get Ready With Me': Video genre on everyday life thrives more than a decade after inception
More than a decade after debuting on the once-nascent YouTube creator community, “Get Ready with Me” videos have inundated social media.
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IBM, EU and Lionsgate pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own tweets endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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The Supreme Court wrestles with social media cases that have echoes of Donald Trump
The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether public officials can block critics from commenting on their social media accounts.