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A panel of federal judges upholds Ohio’s age verification law on social media and websites
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A federal court in Cincinnati has upheld a 2024 state law requiring age verification on social media and websites for kids under 16, ending the… Read More
An Ohio University researcher helped look into how social media affects loneliness among college students
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — There is an ironic juxtaposition between the words “social media” and its affect on its users. Research is beginning to show our use of it may not… Read More
A suicide prevention group backs a bill to regulate artificial intelligence in Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) grows, so do the incidences of suicides that somehow involve the technology. The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation… Read More
A landmark trial accusing social media companies of addicting children to their platforms begins
By: Kaitlyn Huamani | Barbara Ortutay | AP
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms…. Read More
A judge permanently struck down the parental social media consent law in Ohio
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A law requiring social media and gaming sites to get parental permission before letting any Ohioan younger than 16 onto their platforms can’t go… Read More
Ohio lawmakers will take a second crack at online age verification
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio lawmakers will try again to pass age verification provisions regulating major technology companies, this time targeting application stores rather than individual apps. Sen…. Read More
To post or not to post? BGSU research outlines the ethics of being an influencer
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (The Ohio Newsroom) — Around the world, more young people are turning to digital content creators, a rise in the influencer, for news and information. But, unlike… Read More
Lt. Gov. Jon Husted tells regional leaders that he supports smartphone ban policy in schools
By: Gabriel Scotto
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Schools across Ohio are, or are considering a smartphone ban and Lt. Gov. John Husted says the state will support them in their efforts to do… Read More
A judge has blocked the enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media amid litigation
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge extended a block on enforcement Monday of an Ohio law that would require children under 16 to get parental consent to use social… Read More
A judge has temporarily halted enforcement of an Ohio law limiting kids’ use of social media
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily halting enforcement of a pending Ohio law that would require children to get parental consent to use social… Read More
A lawsuit has been filed over Ohio’s social media parental permission law
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An internet trade association filed a lawsuit against the state of Ohio on Friday, looking to block a social media parental permission regulations from… Read More
Ohio kids under 16 need parental okay for social media use under new law in effect in January
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An Ohio law will go into effect in January that requires social media companies such as TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and others to get verified… Read More
A sonic boom and cold weather combine to rattle some homes and eardrums in southeast Ohio
By: David Forster
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — If you heard a sonic boom Tuesday morning and maybe felt your house rattle a bit, that was physics in action. Military jet fighters from the Air… Read More
States sue Meta, claiming Instagram, Facebook fueled youth mental health crisis
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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Updated October 24, 2023 at 4:28 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — A group of more than 40 states sued Meta on Tuesday, accusing the social media giant of designing products… Read More
How ‘thinly veiled’ social media ads are influencing what we eat and drink
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — News about food safety can be hard to keep straight. That’s been complicated by a little-known tactic used by the food and beverage industry to… Read More
Supreme Court to consider abortion pills, guns, social media in its new term
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — The U.S. Supreme Court formally opened a new term on Monday, with all manner of political lightning rods already on its docket, or on their way…. Read More
Court cases targeting abortion highlight digital privacy concerns
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (PBS NewsHour) — In July, a Nebraska teenager and her mother were convicted after the teen terminated her pregnancy using abortion pills. Among the prosecution’s key evidence was… Read More
U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here’s what it means
By: Laurel Wamsley | Shannon Bond | NPR
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Updated July 5, 2023 at 7:20 PM ET WASHINGTON (NPR) — The government’s ability to fight disinformation online has suffered a legal setback that experts say will have a chilling… Read More
Marketing & Social Media Basics for Small Businesses
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A ban on kids under 16 using social media is back in Ohio Senate’s version of the state budget
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) ban on social media use by minors under 16 without parental permission is back in the Ohio Senate’s version of… Read More
The truth about teens, social media and the mental health crisis
By: Michaeleen Doucleff | NPR
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WASHINGTON (NPR) — Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology. Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. When she looked… Read More
An Ohio budget proposal requires parental permission for kids to use social media
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s two year state budget always has things in it that aren’t related to state spending. For instance, the budget unveiled last month by… Read More
Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here’s why
By: Lisa Hagen | Jeff Brady | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — At the beginning of January, the health and climate effects of gas cooking stoves in homes was an issue policy makers and academics were studying. Then,… Read More
Fighting bogus claims is a growing priority for election offices
By: Associated Press
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WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) – Local election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that can confuse, anger and disenfranchise voters. Some… Read More
4 steps you can take to improve your Instagram feed
By: Deanna Schwartz | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — From Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen to meme creators and everyday users, many social media consumers seem to be in consensus: Instagram is dying — or… Read More