NC is one of 13 states suing TikTok over children's mental health concerns.
On par with national trends, research indicates that North Carolinians are getting away from social media, especially Facebook, a recent survey suggests. According to a national survey report from Viralyft, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat are the top most deleted social media apps, with YouTube being the most downloaded. Internal research conducted by the John Locke Foundation produced...
North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd has introduced legislation in Congress that would limit children’s access to problematic social media platforms like TikTok at schools that receive federal broadband funding. Under current law, the Children’s Internet Protection Act requires schools receiving broadband subsidies to use software blockers for obscenity, child pornography, and other harmful sexual content....
A federal court in California is likely to address the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board's lawsuit against major social media companies. The suit filed in August accuses the companies of contributing to a “mental health crisis” among American children.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board is suing major social media companies for contributing to a “mental health crisis” among American children. The board filed its 184-page complaint Thursday in US District Court for North Carolina’s Western District.
An 8-1 free-speech ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court today rejected arguments N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein offered in a friend-of-the-court brief. Justices ruled in favor of Brandi Levy, who was a 14-year-old high school freshman in Pennsylvania when she ran afoul of local school officials. Levy took to Snapchat to share disappointment over not...
The Surry County Board of Commissioners is taking up a resolution to defend freedom of speech. The board is expected to pass it in a meeting Monday, Feb. 15, Commissioner Eddie Harris told Carolina Journal. Harris introduced the resolution, which condemns major technology companies for their “attack on the free speech rights of the American...
