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New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s, via @theguardian.com #csulbsoc

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
New Zealand’s prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s
The draft bill is modelled on Australian laws and would force digital platforms to verify the age of users or face heavy fines
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over, via @newyorker.com #csulbsoc

www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
During testimony at Meta’s antitrust trial, the Facebook founder’s argument was, in so many words, that platforms like his are not what they used to be.
www.newyorker.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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TikTok Hit With Big Fine in Europe for Chinese Data Transfers, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-...
TikTok Hit With Big Fine in Europe for Chinese Data Transfers
TikTok's been hit with a new fine over user data transfers.
www.socialmediatoday.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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California Proposal to Tax Social Media Gathers Momentum, via @newsweek.com #csulbsoc

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California proposal to tax social media gathers momentum
A bill that would tax digital advertising revenue on social media platforms has advanced in the California state legislature.
www.newsweek.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Threads is Prompting Users to Cross-Post to Instagram, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

www.socialmediatoday.com/news/threads...
Threads is Prompting Users to Cross-Post to Instagram
A new way to help cross-promote Threads.
www.socialmediatoday.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Meta is training AI on your data. Users say opting out doesn’t work, via @digitaltrends.bsky.social #csulbsoc

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Meta is training AI on your data. Users say opting out doesn’t work.
Meta promised users that they can opt out of giving access to their social media content for AI training. Some are saying that the exit tool doesn't work.
www.digitaltrends.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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“Trust but verify” - Jake Heflin, Public Information Officer, Long Beach Fire Department, #csulbsoc
April 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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“Tell people just to run… Mother Nature with the blowtorch on high” - Sid Garcia, Report ABC-7, #csulbsoc
April 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Did Meta Allow TikTok to Grow in Order to Dilute the FTC’s Antitrust Case?, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

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Did Meta Allow TikTok to Grow in Order to Dilute the FTC’s Antitrust Case?
As Meta heads to trial, it’s interesting to look at the timeline of TikTok’s relative U.S. growth.
www.socialmediatoday.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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TikTok deal reportedly halted after China said it would reject it due to tariffs, via @cnbc.com #csulbsoc

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TikTok deal reportedly halted after China said it would reject it due to tariffs
CNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with breaking news on a now 'blown up' TikTok deal.
www.cnbc.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Will tariffs on China impact a TikTok deal? Trump says deal still 'on the table', via @usatoday.com #csulbsoc

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Will tariffs on China impact a TikTok deal? Trump says deal still 'on the table'
A potential deal with spin off TikTok's U.S. assets is still "on the table" days after it was put on hold, according to Trump.
www.usatoday.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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How Meta Makes Its Money, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

www.socialmediatoday.com/news/how-met...
How Meta Makes Its Money [Infographic]
A quick overview of Meta’s ever-growing ad empire.
www.socialmediatoday.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Instagram will restrict teens from going Live, as Teen Accounts expand to Facebook and Messenger, via @mashable.com #csulbsoc

mashable.com/article/inst...
Instagram will restrict teens from going Live, as Teen Accounts expand to Facebook and Messenger
The platform is strengthening its youth safety experience.
mashable.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Trump Says TikTok US Sell-Off Deal Will Be Finalized This Week, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

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Trump Says TikTok US Sell-Off Deal Will Be Finalized This Week
Despite many complexities, Trump is confident a deal will be announced soon.
www.socialmediatoday.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Is TikTok about to get banned in the U.S.?, via @mashableofficial.bsky.social #csulbsoc

mashable.com/article/tikt...
Is TikTok about to get banned in the U.S.?
Will the app go dark? Here's what you need to know.
mashable.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Instagram Chief Says Edits App Coming Soon, Will Be Available for Free, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

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Instagram Chief Says Edits App Coming Soon, Will Be Available for Free
Instagram’s anticipated new video editing app will be launched “in the next couple of weeks.”
www.socialmediatoday.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time, via @cnbc.com #csulbsoc

www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/t...
Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
President Trump extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell U.S. TikTok operations, marking the second time Trump has taken such an action.
www.cnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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TikTok Launches AMBER Alerts to US Users, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-...
TikTok Launches AMBER Alerts to US Users
TikTok's massive reach will help to raise awareness of missing children.
www.socialmediatoday.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why., via @mashableofficial.bsky.social #csulbsoc

mashable.com/article/very...
The age of being 'very online' is over. Here's why.
We've lost our sense of online community.
mashable.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Zuckerberg Goes “Full MAGA” as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech, via @democracynow.org #csulbsoc

www.democracynow.org/2025/1/9/met...
Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced major changes to what content is allowed on his company’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, scrapping the system of independent fact-checke...
www.democracynow.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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X Suffers Major DDoS Attack as Backlash Against Elon Musk Grows, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

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X Suffers Major DDoS Attack as Backlash Against Elon Musk Grows
Elon’s businesses look set to bear the brunt of the backlash against his political involvement.
www.socialmediatoday.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Judge rejects request to block Florida law aiming to keep children off social media, via @cbsnews.com #csulbsoc

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Judge rejects request to block Florida law aiming to keep children off social media
A federal judge has rejected a request to block a 2024 Florida law aimed at keeping children off some social-media platforms, ruling that industry groups did not show they had legal standing to challe...
www.cbsnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities, via @nbcnews.com #csulbsoc

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TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
Videos — often taken to cartoonish extremes — offer a rare look inside a long-elusive industry and the narratives trafficking networks use to fuel migration north.
www.nbcnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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X Suffers Major DDoS Attack as Backlash Against Elon Musk Grows, via @socialmediatoday.bsky.social #csulbsoc

www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-forme...
X Suffers Major DDoS Attack as Backlash Against Elon Musk Grows
Elon’s businesses look set to bear the brunt of the backlash against his political involvement.
www.socialmediatoday.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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'I make more in one hour on TikTok than a day in the shop', via BBC #csulb

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mallows Beauty Tik Tok: More cash in an hour than a day in a shop
Laura Mallows sells most of her products via TikTok but "dreams" of opening a physical shop once more.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM