Earlier this month, the sound of mooing rang out in the chambers of the Louisiana capitol when the House unanimously voted in favor of a bill legalizing the sale of raw milk in the state. HB467 also passed in the state Senate, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it …
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TikTok is awash in warnings that young men in the U.S. could soon be drafted into military service and panicked reactions to that prospect — but all of it is predicated on a misinterpretation of a bill currently making its way through Congress. For generations, American men have been federally …
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The weekslong Israeli assault on Gaza in response to a deadly surprise attack by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 has already cost thousands of lives, and the bloodshed will only continue as a ground invasion gets underway. But thousands of miles distant, paid clout-chasers on X, formerly Twitter, are using …
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The war in Gaza has dominated social media since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday. There’s been plenty of credible reporting and horrific imagery shared by those on the ground, but the influx of posts has also included one of the most staggering floods of unchecked misinformation in recent memory. X, …
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X, formerly Twitter, has been flooded with misinformation and otherwise dangerous content since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday. But while X helps deliver a tide of bogus content to mainstream audiences, a different app is serving as ground zero for viral misinformation, while giving users the impression that they’re getting …
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Trolls, clout-chasers, and the merely clueless are flooding social media with clips from a military video game, passing them off as footage of the unfolding conflict in Gaza. The fake videos come as misinformation about the conflict overflows on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Following Saturday’s large-scale attack …
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To a grown adult, the navel is the reminder of where they were attached to their mother by the umbilical cord, a mark that can vary from person to person. But on TikTok, the belly button isn’t just a scar everyone has. It’s the starting point for the app’s next …
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During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Sen. Ron Johnson alleged that ocean “windmills… are killing the whales,” but this is nothing more than misinformation that expert scientists and the government have repeatedly rebuked. While discussing climate change on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Johnson said, “All this climate alarmism is …
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A federal judge appointed by former President Trump restricted parts of the Biden administration from contacting social media sites on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. The preliminary injunction could curtail efforts from the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services from working with companies like Meta, Twitter, …
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This summer, like many before, a lot of people won’t wear sunblock. The difference you might notice this year is just how many are proudly posting about it. James Middleton is a fitness coach in the U.K., with a wellness brand that reaches about a quarter of a million people …
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