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News Articles: Social Media

A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025.

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  • Business

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI

Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors.

May 20, 2026
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
Adding more fiber to your meals should be a gradual process, nutrition experts say. Go slowly and drink water.

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  • Health

The 'fibermaxxing' trend has health benefits worth the hype

There are a lot of wellness trends that make health experts roll their eyes in skepticism. But there is one big trend that many experts can get behind – with a few caveats: fibermaxxing.

May 18, 2026
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
When he wasn't eking out a living with part-time work, 25-year-old Emrah Bayraktar would take out his phone and edit long interviews of influencers into snippets and post them. "And then one random night, I saw a notification saying that I earned $12," said Bayraktar. "Then two weeks later, I made two-and-a-half thousand dollars, and I thought, 'Maybe I could just quit my jobs and go all-in on this.'"

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  • Technology

The clipping economy: How short-form video 'clippers' are overrunning
the internet

Short-form clips of long interviews and shows are taking over the internet. But behind the sea of social media clips are marketplaces offering freelance clippers money per view.

May 12, 2026
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A still from an FBI promotional video (left) bears a strong resemblance to the opening shot of the original 1994 music video for the Beastie Boy's "Sabotage" (right). NPR found at least six examples where shots in the FBI video matched those in music video. Experts say the most likely explanation is that AI-was used to re-create the shots.

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  • Technology

Did FBI Director Kash Patel use AI to rip off the Beastie Boys?

An analysis by NPR suggests that frames from an iconic music video were used to generate content for a tweet by the FBI director.

May 05, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
A demonstrator holds up an "8647" sign at a "No Kings" protest in Louisville, Ky., in June 2025. It's an anti-Trump slogan, with multiple interpretations.

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  • Politics

'8647' got James Comey indicted. What exactly does it mean?

A grand jury charged Comey with threatening Trump's life through his since-deleted 2025 post of seashells forming "8647." Trump is the 47th president, and the term "86" has a few possible meanings.

April 29, 2026
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Workers walk past a display at Meta headquarters on Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Menlo Park, Calif.

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  • Business

Meta will lay off 10% of its staff

The cuts follow losses in two pivotal court cases and the company's push to invest in artificial intelligence.

April 23, 2026
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By:
  • John Ruwitch

Tagged as: 

  • Book Reviews

Family influencers make the lifestyle look good. But kids pay the price, new book says

What does it mean to monetize your offspring? To turn their childhood into content? In Like, Follow, Subscribe Fortesa Latifi explores what drives parents to become family influencers.

April 22, 2026
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By:
  • Ilana Masad
What makes a person keep playing a video slot machine? Some of the same features that make children stay on social media apps or video games for too long.

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  • Health

The surprising origin of 4 features that superglue kids — and adults — to screens

Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable.

April 22, 2026
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By:
  • Michaeleen Doucleff
A satellite image of destroyed planes at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran on March 7.

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  • Technology

How governments have tried to hide information about the Iran war online

Governments are blocking the internet, banning social media posts and cutting access to commercial satellite images. But experts say that efforts to censor information have had mixed results.

April 10, 2026
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
Two teens hold phones with social media apps on-screen.

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  • News

Social media use in young children can lead to reduced literacy, a new UGA study says

New research from the University of Georgia links underdeveloped vocabulary skills to early childhood social media use.

April 06, 2026
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By:
  • Chase McGee
Mary Rodee, whose 15-year-old son died by suicide, points to a banner listing victims' names outside Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25 after a jury found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design of their social media platforms. The landmark verdict could reshape how the tech industry faces legal accountability for harms to users.

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  • Technology

Verdicts against Meta and Google may bring a new era of big tech accountability

Advocates hope recent verdicts against social media platforms will build momentum for bigger changes in Silicon Valley.

April 03, 2026
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Facebook employee take a photo in front of new Meta Platforms Inc. sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021.

Tagged as: 

  • Business

What's next for Meta in the wake of trial losses and layoffs?

The company behind Facebook and Instagram has lost two major court cases and appears to be scaling back on the virtual reality Metaverse.

April 03, 2026
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By:
  • John Ruwitch
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) oversees "Operation Epic Fury" with (L-R) Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles at Mar-a-Lago on February 28, 2026 in Palm Beach, Florida.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: White House 'gamifying' Iran war updates

The White House has depicted the war in Iran online with videos that weave real life images of missile strikes and destruction with clips from video games, sports clips, and action movies.

March 28, 2026
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Laura Marquez-Garrett (center), a plaintiffs' attorney for the Social Media Victims Law Center, gathers with family members of victims as they react to news that the jury has found Meta and Google liable in the social media addiction trial, outside the Los Angeles Superior Court on March 25, 2026.

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  • Technology

Jury finds Meta and Google negligent in social media harms trial

The jury ordered the companies to pay $6 million in damages over defective design. The landmark verdict may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

March 25, 2026
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A recording of Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's deposition is played for the jurors on March 4 in Santa Fe, N.M.

Tagged as: 

  • Law

New Mexico jury says Meta harms children's mental health and safety, violating state law

The jury agreed that Meta engaged in "unconscionable" trade practices that unfairly took advantage of the vulnerabilities of and inexperience of children. Jurors found there were thousands of violations, each counting separately toward a penalty of $375 million.

March 24, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
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