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Mar 25 2024
Fact Check
Social Media Posts Misinterpret Biden on mRNA Cancer Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccines are not “being used to cure cancer,” as social media posts falsely claim, misinterpreting President Joe Biden’s reference to mRNA cancer vaccines during his State of the Union address. Biden was referring to the mRNA technology used to make the COVID-19 vaccines and being studied by researchers to treat cancer.
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are
FactCheck.orgApr 07 2024
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Iowa women’s college basketball player deletes social media after receiving ‘hate comments’
Before Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball championship between the University of Iowa and the University of South Carolina, one of the players from Iowa said she deleted her social media accounts because of negative comments directed toward her. Iowa’s Gabbie Marshall told reporters during a press conference before Sunday’s game that she received “hate comments” because of a controversial foul
Washington ExaminerApr 01 2024
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Social Media Buries LSU's Hailey Van Lith For Dreadful Elite-8 Performance
Anyone expecting LSU's Hailey Van Lith to play a good game against Iowa watched in pure disgust Monday night. A shell of Hailey Van Lith appeared in Albany against the top-seeded Hawkeyes. The former Louisville star might've actually made a mistake by joining the reigning champion LSU Tigers. Joining the Tigers siphoned the talent — nay, confidence — out of Van Lith. Unable to play a lick of
OutKickApr 17 2024
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Legal bid seeks to knock AOC off ballot line for left-wing Working Families Party: ‘Too involved in social experimentation’
A legal challenge has been filed to knock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez off the left-leaning Working Families Party ballot line in the Nov. 5 general election, The Post has learned. The objection, filed last week with the city Board of Elections, is part of a coordinated effort to diminish the WFP’s influence and presence in The Bronx. “Her platform is not all helpful to working families,”
New York Post (News)Mar 23 2024
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Healthcare workers discuss social media’s impact on medical field
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Many of us have searched across apps like TikTok to learn more about a certain condition or medical diagnosis we think we could have, but when does that information become too much or transform into misinformation? “There’s definitely been a shift in the questions and types of information that the general public has access to based off of social media,” said Dr. Erika
WKYTMar 31 2024
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FBI admits spending 'every day' interrogating Americans about social posts
FBI agents have been recorded during a home visit to a Stillwater resident, admitting that scrutinizing Americans over their social media activities is a daily operation, Reason.com has confirmed. Rolla Abdeljawad, an Oklahoma resident, encountered three FBI agents at her doorstep, inquiring about her Facebook posts. Get the hottest, most important news stories on the Internet – delivered FREE
WNDApr 18 2024
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Taylor Swift made her songs available again on TikTok. What the move says about how she sees the social media platform.
Taylor Swift’s songs have returned to TikTok months after the announcement of a licensing dispute between the platform and Universal Music Group (UMG) and ahead of her highly anticipated album release. Her deal with TikTok, which went against UMG’s wishes, proves Swift doesn’t need labels. What she does need are fans. Even though Swift has been part of UMG’s publishing division since 2018, she
Yahoo NewsApr 09 2024
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Viral social media post seemingly flushes out suspect in Oconee County hit-and-run
A social media push by a young woman in her effort to identify a suspect in a hit-and-run case in Oconee County may have successfully enticed a suspect into the open. The 18-year-old woman from Virginia called the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office a day after the crash and told the investigating officer that the suspect’s picture she had taken went viral and numerous people were reposting it on
Athens Banner-HeraldApr 03 2024
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FBI Gate Crash Suspect Loved Trump and Pushed QAnon on Social Media: Report
The South Carolina man arrested after barreling his car through the FBI‘s front gate in Atlanta on Monday has a long history of far-right posts on social media — and he even wrote “I love you” to Donald Trump, according to new research. Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit group that researches online extremism, said the suspect in the attack espoused conspiracies about the 2020 election
RollingStone.comApr 08 2024
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‘We have reached the limit.’ Clash with Elon Musk prompts calls for social media controls in Brazil
Brazil’s attorney general has called for social media platforms in the country to be regulated after Elon Musk threatened to disobey a court order banning certain accounts on X and lashed out against “aggressive censorship.” In a post on X Sunday, Attorney General Jorge Messias wrote: “It is urgent to regulate social networks. We cannot live in a society in which billionaires domiciled abroad
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