Scam alert: Bait-and-switch Facebook posts target local community groups
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You are scanning through your social media and see information about a missing pet, child or senior citizen. You share the post to help spread the word.
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Elon Musk can’t ban us from Twitter: Because we’d already quit
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Pandering Twit Elon Musk is now down to the level of banning journos from Twitter because he doesn’t like them reporting on how he’s running the social media site into the ground.
Learning from the death of tWitch: Warning signs to look for that may save a life
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tWitch, also known as Stephen Boss, was Ellen’s DJ and dancer. To most, his videos on social media portrayed a happy man with a beautiful family.
TikTok trend? Waynesboro Police respond to report of unprovoked punches
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A social media post making the rounds this weekend led people in Waynesboro to believe that citizens were being randomly attacked by strangers.
Changing the minds of anti-vaxxers possible with scientific evidence, research shows
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Social media and other forms of mass communication have played a major role in disseminating anti-vaccination sentiments. However, public health organizations can also harness these channels to counter misinformation and promote vaccination.
Why is USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter apologizing to Iran for … anything?
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USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter apologized Monday for US Soccer Federation social media posts that removed the central image of Iran’s flag to show solidarity with millions of Iranians engaged in public protests over the treatment of women.
North Carolina man sentenced for soliciting sex from Virginia teens
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A North Carolina man who used the social media platforms Snapchat and Grindr to solicit sex and nude photos teenage boys from Southwest Virginia was sentenced last week to 151 months in federal prison on federal enticement charges.
Elon Musk buys Twitter: A fool and his paper billions, soon to be parted
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Paper billionaire provocateur Elon Musk has officially taken over Twitter, leaving people who have endured the stench of the backed-up truck-stop toilet of social media to be able to connect with others to have to decide whether to continue to hang on despite having a working moral compass.
BBB report: Beware of puppy, kitten, shopping scams online
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If you use social media, you see it every day. Puppies or kittens offered for free with a small rehoming fee. Or breeders saying they need to find homes for a recent litter.
Twitter influencers react as Biden pardons marijuana possession convictions
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“Influencers’ sentiment was mostly positive on the announcement of changes to the law on uses of marijuana in the U.S.,” said Smitarani Tripathy, a social media analyst at GlobalData.
