How a Supposed Scammer Became Social Media’s Biggest Mystery
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She sweet-talked her way backstage with huge influencers. Then Sophia Nur's story became #SurvivingSophia — and captured the internet
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TikTok’s School Shooting Hoax Shows How Misinformation on the App Is Out of Control
Posted in: Culture News"National Shoot Up Your School Day" sparked dozens of panic-stricken articles in local and national news outlets, yet few of these articles actually pinpointed the original threat
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Trump’s New Social Network Is Already Breaking the Terms of Its Software License
Posted in: Politics NewsTruth Social is off to a hot start
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Trump’s New Free Speech App Prohibits Users From Making Fun of It
Posted in: Politics NewsTruth Social is promising "open, free, and honest global conversation without discriminating against political ideology." Will it be able to deliver?
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Calls Whistleblower’s Profits Over Safety Claims ‘Deeply Illogical’
Posted in: Politics NewsCEO also briefly addressed the platforms' outage in lengthy post
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What Good Is Clout in an Instagram Outage?
Posted in: Culture Features“What kind of rights do creators have and what kind of protections do we have?” asks one activist and influencer, following Monday's six-hour Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp outage
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Facebook and Instagram Are Down, But Maybe That’s Not a Bad Thing
Posted in: Culture NewsThe internet conglomerate's various apps suffered simultaneous outages on the same day it asked a judge to dismiss a Federal Trade Comission antitrust case against it
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Gabby Petito’s Family Asks ‘Amazing’ Social Media Sleuths to Help More Missing Persons
Posted in: Culture NewsSpeaking at a press conference Tuesday, the family also asked Gabby's former fiancé Brian Laundrie to turn himself in
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Jason Aldean Announces New Album, Wife Promotes Anti-Biden Clothing Line
Posted in: Country MusicBrittany Aldean has been modeling shirts for a company that sells pro-Trump and "unvaccinated" merch
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Instagram Postpones Instagram Kids, Says It Was Never Meant for Kids
Posted in: Culture NewsVersion of app for 10- to 12-year-olds has faced a deluge of criticism since news of it first leaked in the spring
