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In the year before the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the gunman purchased accessories, became aggressive toward women online and in person, and was nicknamed "school shooter" by those who knew him.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday on a case that effectively will overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights, banning abortions in Texas. The ruling is spurring reaction on both sides from on social media.
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“We have a lot of evidence suggesting that this service does not work as well as they claim it does.”
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The 2021 law sought to prohibit social media companies from banning users based on their viewpoints.
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Tech industry groups are urging the Supreme Court to block a Texas law barring social media companies from removing posts or banning users based on political viewpoints
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A group of Texas middle-schoolers won NPR's 4th-annual Student Podcast Challenge, and learned a lesson about fake news and the limits of "talking digitally."
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The features were suspended two months after the attorney general sued the social media platforms’ parent company, saying that some of its practices violated Texans’ privacy.
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House Bill 20 was passed after several conservatives — most notably, former President Donald Trump — were banned on social media platforms.
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Lawyers for the social media companies say the law, HB 20, is an infringement on their First Amendment rights.
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City of Carrollton employees Jesika Fisher and Kelli Lewis use humor and pop culture to engage with residents via the city's social media accounts.
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The ruling amounts to an immediate ban of Facebook and Instagram in Russia, where both platforms are already blocked. WhatsApp, which is owned by the same company, is still allowed.
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Attorney General Ken Paxton asserts that the company, which recently rebranded itself as Meta, violated state law when it captured users' facial features without proper consent. Paxton was also questioned if his choice of venue for the announcement had anything to do with one of his primary opponents.