National Seattle's schools are suing tech giants for harming young people's mental health The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for a mental health crisis among youth. The Associated Press
National Who is Andrew Tate? Your guide to the self-styled misogynist influencer Tate, a highly controversial social media celebrity, started his week as the butt of a joke by Greta Thunberg and ended it by reportedly getting arrested in Romania. Here's what you need to know. Emily Olson
Technology AI-generated fake faces have become a hallmark of online influence operations As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks. Shannon Bond
Technology Could now be the time to consider a post-social media future? Lots of people are working at this very moment to create the next social media platform to consume our time and attention, but there’s at least one person who believes that the age of social media as we know it is over. And he’s OK with that. Libby Denkmann Noel Gasca
Technology Facebook's own oversight board slams its special program for VIPs Oversight board says Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs and evading accusations of censorship than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety. Shannon Bond
Technology The ethical dilemma posed by online sleuths As online rumors about the deaths of four University of Idaho students spread on TikTok and Reddit, police in Moscow, ID are trying to both investigate the case and combat misinformation. Mike Davis Hans Anderson
National Elon Musk says Twitter will re-launch its verification program next week The embattled CEO tweeted Friday that the company will re-launch its paid verification program next week. He says accounts will be manually verified and color coded, but has yet to offer details. Emily Olson
Technology Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now Can a network like Hive Social or Mastodon foster the communities and conversations that thrived on the bird app's good days? It's too soon to know for sure, but many hope the answer is yes. Laurel Wamsley
Technology Elon Musk allows Donald Trump back on Twitter Twitter has become the first mainstream social media platform to reinstate the former president, who was banned from many sites after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Shannon Bond
Technology How likely is a complete Twitter meltdown? Twitter employees who've quit say risks are growing of service outages, glitches and even hacks on the influential social network. Mary Yang Shannon Bond
