A country just banned TikTok because it disrupts 'social harmony' and 'family structure'

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Nepal's government is no fan of TikTok.

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Chatbots just showed scientists how to make social media less toxic

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A scientist experiments with AI.
Researchers built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. What happened next surprised them.

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Digital detoxes can cut FOMO but may not make you any happier, study finds

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A digital detox may not solve all your problems.

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TikTok and Instagram users would be willing to pay for everyone to get off social media, research finds

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The study was published by the National Bureau of Economics Research.

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Omegle was a relic of the old internet. I'm not sad it's gone.

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Omegle is dead. That's nothing to be sad about.

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Mark Zuckerberg ignored top executives' calls for improved teen wellbeing and vetoed removal of cosmetic surgery filters, lawsuit claims

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Mark Zuckerberg.

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Elon Musk screamed a profanity-laden jibe about Mark Zuckerberg when he signed the Twitter deal, author says

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

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A modern etiquette guide for group chats

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The group chat has become the fulcrum of civilization and its discontents. In order to survive and thrive as humans, it's time for us to agree on group-chat etiquette.

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X and TikTok are both under fire from the EU over hate speech and Israel-Hamas disinformation

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Elon Musk and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew

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Millennials: It's ok to mourn the death of social media

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The social media era for millennials is over.

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