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Meta Tries to Bury a Tell-All Book

by: MinotVoice | March 15, 2025

Meta didn’t wait for Careless People to hit the shelves before trying to discredit it. The company’s preemptive strike against former executive Sarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir only fueled curiosity, and now the book is climbing the bestseller charts. It’s not an exposé with groundbreaking revelations, but a deeply personal account of Meta’s leadership culture—one that, according

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Social media companies applaud Utah’s latest bill aimed at teen social media use

by: Josh Wolsky | March 7, 2025

Utah is taking another step to regulate teen social media use, this time by shifting responsibility to app stores. A newly passed bill would require Apple and Google to verify users’ ages and link minors’ accounts to a parent’s for approval before downloading apps with terms of service agreements. Unlike past efforts, this measure has

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Alabama House bills would limit social media access for minors

by: MinotVoice | February 22, 2025

An Alabama House committee recently convened to discuss two proposed bills aimed at restricting social media access for minors. The first bill, sponsored by Rep. David Faulkner, would prohibit anyone under 16 from creating accounts, while a second bill by Rep. Ben Robbins seeks to expand limitations to include 18-year-olds with additional parental controls. While

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Nebraska takes aim at social media and school time cell phone use by youths

by: MinotVoice | January 14, 2025

In an age where smartphones feel like extensions of our hands, Nebraska lawmakers are stepping into the fray with proposals aimed squarely at safeguarding young minds. Leading the charge, State Sen. Tanya Storer and colleagues are set to introduce legislation requiring parental consent for minors to sign up on social media platforms. That’s alongside measures

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How Much Have We Given Him?

by: Josh Wolsky | May 16, 2024

Facebook turned 20 earlier this year. Next year you can buy it a beer – if it’s still around. It started on college campuses and grew like crazy. It was late in 2006 – with momentum then fully rolling – that it began letting the rest of us in. There’s a lesson there if you’re

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Manitoba Sisters intertwine fashion, farming

by: Josh Wolsky | January 9, 2023

Farming and food production are vital to the local economy, but how do we get people to care about them? For a pair of sisters in Brandon, Manitoba, the answer is fashion. Cassandra and Stefanie Lepp have more than 35,000 social media followers, and they’re using their influence educate and inform women about farming. Get

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