The bombings and violence in cities like Mariupol, Kharkiv and Kyiv feature a cast of newly minted stars — social media standouts who rely on satire, grit and an insider’s sensibilities to document the horrors for a global audience.
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Westbrook students’ brawl spreads on social media, school grapples with cell phone policy
Westbrook Middle School is trying to tackle cyberbullying, homophobic and racist chats and distractions in the classroom caused by cell phone use, the principal says.
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Another View: Russia’s independent journalists need help
Reporting has long been a hazardous occupation under Vladimir Putin’s regime. But publishing the truth has rarely been so important.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Millions use TikTok to learn about the war in Ukraine. The White House is briefing its stars.
TikTok videos offered some of the first glimpses of the Russian invasion and since then the platform has been a primary outlet for spreading news to the masses abroad.
Posted inNation & World
Russian propaganda ‘outgunned’ by social media rebuttals
Russian state media is pushing false claims that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fled Kyiv, a lie that began spreading on Twitter on Friday when a former aide to ex-President Trump posted a link to the bogus claim.
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Commentary: With Facebook cut off, beware an isolated Russia’s ‘splinternet’
While it makes geopolitical sense to sting the Kremlin with sanctions, blocking information tools hurts Russian citizens.
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Commentary: I’ve been canceled by the Republican Party’s culture warriors
The radical right wing increasingly lives in an echo chamber of its own making, where critical voices are hushed and critical theories are attacked.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Facebook loses users globally for the first time in its history
The company faces challenges on multiple fronts, as competion booms, regulators scrutinize its business practices and it begins a lofty transition to focus on the ‘metaverse.’
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Our View: RFK Jr.’s dangerous rhetoric could lead to violence
Like Republican Maine lawmakers Joel Stetkis and Heidi Sampson, the Democratic celebrity uses the Holocaust to radicalize the anti-vaccine movement.
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Instagram’s chief faces senators’ anger over possible harm to youth
Senators of both parties were united in condemning Instagram during a hearing that grew more confrontational and emotionally charged as it went on.