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Nashville School Shooting: 17-Year-Old Gunman Kills Student, Livestreams Part of Attack

A 17-year-old gunman, Solomon Henderson, fatally shot a 16-year-old student and wounded another at Antioch High School in Nashville on Wednesday, partially livestreamed the shooting on Kick, and then died by suicide; authorities are investigating his exposure to harmful online content.

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Meta to Test Ads on Threads Platform

Meta is testing ads on its Threads app with a few companies in the U.S. and Japan, marking its first attempt to generate revenue from the platform that launched in July 2023 and has over 300 million monthly users.

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Macron Intervenes in TikTok Influencer's Speeding Ticket Case

President Emmanuel Macron personally responded to a TikTok influencer's complaint about a speeding ticket, promising intervention, generating 800,000 likes and raising questions about the use of social media in governance and law enforcement.

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TikTok Sale Gains Momentum Amidst Competing Bids

Facing a potential US ban, ByteDance has been given a 75-day extension to sell TikTok's US operations, prompting bids from various figures, including MrBeast, Elon Musk, and Larry Ellison, amidst concerns about data security and algorithmic control.

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Trump Issues Executive Order to End Federal Censorship

President Trump issued an executive order on Monday aiming to end federal censorship, banning federal actions that restrict free speech and ordering an investigation into the Biden administration's actions; experts warn this could increase disinformation and harm national security while conservative...

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Pakistan Proposes Strict Social Media Controls, Raising Concerns Over Free Speech

Pakistan's government introduced a bill to control social media, granting broad powers to censor content and punish users for disinformation, potentially jailing people for up to three years and fining them up to $7,150; this follows a year-long block on X and growing media censorship.

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Rise in Anti-Foreigner Violence and Hate Speech in China

A rise in xenophobic attacks against foreigners in China in 2024, including a fatal stabbing of a Japanese child, has prompted concerns about hate speech on Chinese social media and strained international relations, despite government pledges to address the issue.

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TikTok Star's Final Message and Daughter's Grieving Process

TikTok star Deborah Finck died from leiomyosarcoma on January 14th; her daughter shared her final loving message and subsequent experiences suggesting her mother's continued presence, highlighting the emotional impact of loss and the role of digital media in remembrance.

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McCourt Bids for TikTok, Prioritizing User Data Control

Frank McCourt's Project Liberty consortium bid to buy TikTok, offering a user data-centric alternative to the app's current model, after a Supreme Court ruling threatened a US ban, temporarily halted by President Trump's executive order.

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Meta Addresses Instagram User Complaints About Following Trump's Accounts

Instagram users report being forced to follow President Trump's accounts after the presidential transition; Meta clarifies this is standard procedure, transferring followers but not content to the incoming administration's accounts, creating archives of previous administrations' posts.

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Social Media's Threat to Democracy: Sánchez Calls for EU Action

At the World Economic Forum, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warned that social media, while initially designed to promote unity and democracy, has instead become a tool used by tech billionaires to spread division and advance their agendas, urging the EU to take action against this threat.

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Reddit Subreddits Ban X Links Following Musk's Alleged Nazi Salute

Over 50 Reddit communities, totaling at least 40 million members, banned X links following Elon Musk's hand gesture resembling a Nazi salute, citing concerns about hate speech and pro-Nazi content on the platform.

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