Social media bill is quickly advancing through the General Assembly, Democrats say it may not go far enough.
Former FBI Director James Comey will not head to a federal court in Greenville next week. A scheduled court appearance related to Comey’s recent indictment by a North Carolina federal grand jury is being canceled.
The NC Senate Education/Higher Education Committee voted April 29 to advance House Bill 301, the Social Media Protections for Minors Under 16 Act, reviving a measure that passed the House 106-6 last May but stalled in the Senate. The committee also adopted an AI-in-schools amendment and heard testimony from a Meta attorney backing the bill while pushing to shift age verification onto Apple and Google's app stores.
What started as a few experimental posts has turned the Greensboro Police Department’s social media into a recognizable account for many people on X, formerly known as Twitter.
TikTok and parent company ByteDance are urging North Carolina’s highest court to throw out a lawsuit pursued by state Attorney General Jeff Jackson.
“This is not a partisan issue,” Rep. Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth.
Anything you post online could harm your case, as the defense attorneys and insurance adjusters will scrutinize your social media for reasons to deny or reduce your claim for damages.
This week on “The Debrief” we focus on legislators’ efforts to rein in government regulators and get rid of costly renewable energy mandates. We discuss the latest on the state budget debate and efforts to protect young people using social media. We’ll also respond to a Democratic lawmaker’s controversial social media post in the context...
NC House lawmakers took action on two bills on May 6 designed to address the potential harms of social-media use by children and teens.
Children, whose brains are still developing, are especially vulnerable to these platforms’ manipulative design features.
A bill that would ban social media for minors under the age of 14 in NC cleared a House Commerce and Economic Development committee on Tuesday.
