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Prince Harry: Harms of social media have created 'epidemic' for today's youth
Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and ...1 hour ago -
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Prince Harry says harms of social media have created an 'epidemic' for today's youth
Prince Harry said today’s youth is in the midst of an “epidemic” of anxiety, depression and social isolation due to negative experiences online, as he brought his campaign to help children and ...1 hour ago - United Kingdom -
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Newsom signs law restricting phones in California schools
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed into law Monday a bill that will restrict cell phones in schools across the state. The Phone-Free School Act requires every public school to create a policy ...4 hours ago - California -
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Spurned by Social Media, Publishers Chase Readers on WhatsApp
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The New York Times - Top stories
California Schools Must Restrict Phones Under New Law Signed by Newsom
Calls for crackdowns have mounted with reports of cyberbullying and studies indicating that smartphones are harmful to children’s mental health.20 hours ago - California -
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Meet the California Democrats getting money from Big Oil and voting against environmental laws
At the State Capitol, CBS News California found that Democrats get more money from big oil than Republicans. And unlike their D.C. counterparts, Democrats in the California statehouse often vote ...22 hours ago - California -
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Trump’s social-media stock ‘DJT’ drops ahead of insider stock-sale filing deadline
U.S. Securities law requires a Form 4 filing within two business days of an insider stock sale.23 hours ago -
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Meet the California Democrats getting money from Big Oil
When California lawmakers, especially Democrats, accept oil money or vote against seemingly climate-friendly bills, they are often criticized or accused of being beholden to the oil industry. But ...23 hours ago - California -
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California Law Bans Plastic Shopping Bags at Grocery Stores
Gov. Gavin Newsome signs law pushing out all plastic grocery bags from supermarkets.Yesterday - California -
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Heather Knight apologises for historical blackface photo posted on social media
England women’s captain reprimanded and fined £1,000 Knight will continue to lead England at T20 World Cup The England women’s captain, Heather Knight, has apologised after she was reprimanded ...Yesterday -
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Knight admits historical blackface social media post
England women captain Heather Knight admits a charge over a historical social media post when she was pictured in blackface.Yesterday -
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Boy abducted from California park in 1951 found alive on East Coast
More 70 years later, Luis Armando Albino has been found thanks to help from an online ancestry test, old photos and newspaper clippings.Yesterday - California -
The Hill - Politics
Newsom signs California plastic grocery bag ban
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Sunday that will prevent grocery stores from providing plastic bags to customers beginning in 2026. The legislation comes 10 years after the state ...Yesterday - California -
NBC News - Top stories
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communities.Yesterday - California -
ABC News - World
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
Esai Reed, at only 6 years old, has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and plunder their way through once peaceful communitiesYesterday - California -
CBS News - Top stories
Drug industry, social media helped fuel fentanyl crisis
The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration says that the drug industry bears a lot of the blame for starting the nation's fentanyl crisis. Social media is making the situation worse.Yesterday -
ABC News - Top stories
California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores
“Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines,Yesterday - California -
Financial Times - Business
With Bluesky, the social media echo chamber is back in vogue
The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo2 days ago -
The New York Times - Top stories
Newsom Signs Bill That Adds Protections for Children on Social Media
The California legislation comes amid growing concerns about the impact of cellphones and social media on adolescents’ mental health.2 days ago -
The New York Times - Lifestyle
Naomi Campbell Won’t Stop Her Children From Modeling
As long as they get good grades. Plus: a new top editor at i-D magazine and a nascent ‘it’ bag.3 days ago -
CBS News - Top stories
U.S.S. Eisenhower captain fights false Houthi claims with social media
Houthi rebel groups claim to have struck and sunk the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower that protected Red Sea shipping lanes for nine months. However, the ship floats safely on America's shores as the ...3 days ago -
CNBC - Business
RH CEO explains why his company doesn't have a social media presence
RH CEO Gary Friedman told CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday why the upscale home furnishing retailer doesn't have any official social media accounts.3 days ago -
BBC News - Top stories
Fulham protected women players from Fayed, says ex-manager
A former manager of Fulham's women's team says extra precautions were put in place to protect female players from the club's late owner Mohamed Al Fayed.3 days ago -
MarketWatch - Business
Social Security’s COLA provides invaluable protection
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The Guardian - World
Children vaping and alcohol warning labels: takeaways from the World Cancer Congress
Event heard findings of research on advertising for tobacco products and estimates of economic cost of ovarian cancer. The World Cancer Congress 2024 , the biannual conference of the Union for ...4 days ago -
The Hill - Politics
Newsom signs deepfake, other AI bills into law in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday signed multiple artificial intelligence (AI) bills aimed at preventing the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. Newsom's signature on the three ...4 days ago - California -
CBS News - Top stories
FTC report shows "staggering" amount of personal data collected on social media sites
The FTC ordered nine companies to provide information on their data collection practices. According to the report, through targeted ads on and off these platforms, they gather information like ...4 days ago -
Financial Times - World
Coffee producers fear being cut off from EU by new land protection law
Drinks company JDE Peets pleads for year’s delay on ban on supplies from deforested areas over lack of guidelines4 days ago - European Union -
CBS News - Top stories
Social media collects, sells more personal data than most realize, study finds
A Federal Trade Commission study found social media platforms like Meta, YouTube and TikTok engage in "vast surveillance" of consumers and profit from the data by selling it to advertisers. New ...4 days ago -
The Wall Street Journal - Business
Social-Media Firms Lack Adequate Privacy Controls, FTC Report Says
The agency said the companies engaged in vast consumer surveillance while failing to provide adequate privacy controls or safeguards for children.5 days ago
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