Tag: Social media
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
AP’s firing of journalist following tweets prompts outcry
NEW YORK — The Associated Press is being criticized for firing a young journalist over her social media activity, with some suggesting the news...
WhatsApp won’t apply new data-sharing rules in Turkey
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — WhatsApp has informed Turkey that its controversial new data-sharing rules will not come into effect in the country, the Turkish competition...
NCAA’s D1 Council hopes athlete pay rules hashed out in June
INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Council plans to act on legislative proposals next month that would allow athletes to be paid to be...
Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses
URUMQI, China — China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing...
US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....
Colorado students rebuked for reenacting George Floyd death
DENVER — Leaders in a northern Colorado school district are condemning a social media post in which three high school students — one in...
NCAA’s D1 Council hopes athlete pay rules hashed out in June
<p>INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Council plans to act on legislative proposals next month that would allow athletes to be paid to be...
Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses
<p>URUMQI, China — China has highlighted an unlikely series of videos this year in which Uyghur men and women deny U.S. charges that Beijing...
US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
<p>WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....