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Lily Gladstone Oscars Snub Sparks Uproar

Gladstone received near-universal acclaim for her performance as real-life figure Mollie Burkhart in the film, which chronicled ... as many people took to the social media platform to express ... read more

Penny Wong sparks uproar on Easter Sunday with single social media post about 'Transgender Day of Visibility'

Penny Wong has sparked uproar with a seemingly innocuous social media post on Easter Sunday. The Foreign Minister shared a picture of the blue, purple and white-striped transgender flag on Sunday ... read more

Transgender Nigerian influencer imprisoned on rare money-throwing conviction

A popular Nigerian transgender woman was on Friday ... Bobrisky said in court that she was not aware of the law. "I am a social media influencer with five million followers … I wish I can ... read more

Gov. Hochul's visit to wake of slain NYPD officer sparks social media uproar

Social media was a-buzz after Gov. Hochul's appearance at the wake for fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller. Video, shared and reposted several times to 'X' Friday appears to show the governor ... read more

Nigerian film raises awareness about dozens of girls abducted from school in 2014

She was among the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped 10 years ago when Islamic extremists broke into their school in northeastern Nigeria’s ... #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign. read more

Bobrisky’s jail sentence sparks social media frenzy

Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, fondly called Bobrisky, has found himself at the centre of a social media storm, following a six-month jail sentence handed over to him on Friday. read more

Here’s what’s really happening on social media

“The more time kids spend on social media, the more likely they are to feel depressed, to be bullied, to engage in self-harming behavior and to struggle with issues of self-esteem,” Curry sai ... read more

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Photos show Nigerian film character, not man with two heads

Wonders no go ever finish. Dem don discover man with two heads for Naija (sic),” reads a post published in Nigerian pidgin on March 4, 2024 and shared more than than 1,100 times. Translated to ... read more

Should social media be regulated to protect kids?

Exhaustive studies show that adolescent rates of depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm and suicide have skyrocketed in the U.S. since social media became ubiquitous, as Scientific American ... read more

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The term social media is generally used to describe internet-based websites and applications where users can participate in conversations, connect with other people, share their thoughts ... read more