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What is a ‘short king?' The trending title, explained
Move over hot girl summer, it’s short king season.
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20 hours of scrolling: Teen in rehab after suffering social media addiction
A 19-year old girl talks about going into rehab after she became addicted to social media, spending 20 hours of day scrolling. NBC6 anchor Roxanne Vargas shares her story.
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‘For my own good': Teen shares rehab journey amid battle with social media addiction
A 19-year-old girl is sharing her rehab journey after she became addicted to social media, spending 20 hours a day scrolling.
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Scrambled pancakes are now a thing, and it's dividing the internet
Some call it rage bait, but this social media chef says scrambled pancakes started as a fun kitchen experiment.
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Mother seeks justice and blames social media after her 11-year-old took her own life
It’s been two and a half years since 11-year-old Selena took her own life. Her mother spoke to NBC6 to share her daughter’s dark story in the hope of bringing light to others.
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New York moves to limit ‘addictive' social media feeds for kids
New York’s governor has signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform’s algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive.
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Snapchat settles California discrimination and harassment lawsuit for $15 million
The agreement resolves a more than three-year investigation over claims that Snapchat discriminated against female employees when it came to pay and promotions, the department said in a statement.
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Surgeon general wants tobacco-style warning applied to social media platforms
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on Monday called on Congress to require a tobacco-style warning for visitors to social media platforms.
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X now hides who ‘likes' other posts
The change was made official by Elon Musk: “Your likes are now private.”
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Where did the hype over ‘hot rodent men' come from?
The internet is assigning unusual labels to men again — this time, by fawning over how “rodent”-like they are.
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Do you know what your child is doing online? There's technology to help.
Some apps help to give parents insight into what apps and online browsing their children are doing.
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How to monitor your child's social media use
Some apps help to give parents insight into what apps and online browsing their children are doing. NBC6’s Sasha Jones reports
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Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline
The damaging consequences of social media are increasingly well documented, so some parents are trying to raise their children with restrictions or blanket bans on social media use. Teenagers themselves are aware that too much social media is bad for them, and some are initiating their own social media “cleanses” because of the toll it takes on mental health and...
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See the high school graduation video that's making people cry
People are sobbing over a high school graduation video that illustrates how fast time flies.
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Bumble apologizes after anti-celibacy ad prompts online backlash
The dating app Bumble got stung after running billboard ads that appeared to sneer at celibacy as an alternative to meeting people online.
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Hyundai pauses X ads over pro-Nazi content on the platform
Automaker Hyundai said it had paused its advertising on Elon Musk’s social media app, X, after a sponsored post from the company appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts. Hyundai confirmed the pause in a statement to NBC News late Wednesday.
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Major psychology group says infinite scrolling, other social media features are ‘particularly risky' to youth mental health
The American Psychological Association is calling on technology companies to take more steps to protect adolescents, arguing age restrictions alone don’t address the dangers
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Verified pro-Nazi X accounts flourish under Elon Musk
Paid subscribers on Elon Musk’s X share speeches by Adolf Hitler and amplify other pro-Nazi content, often in apparent violation of X’s rules.
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Georgia joins states seeking parental permission before children join social media
Georgia could join other states in requiring children younger than 16 to have their parents’ explicit permission to create social media accounts.