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Two-year-old Preston Ordone, known on TikTok as the “Okay Baby,” died in a car crash Thursday, according to Louisiana State Police.

Videos of people making so-called “budget,” “poverty” or “recession” meals — ways to eat for a week on $25 worth of groceries or even less — are garnering millions of views.

On April 23, 2005, YouTube founder Jawed Karim shared the unedited 18-second clip of himself in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo.

Meta said that all “eligible advertisers globally” will be able to run ads on Threads after initial January testing with a few U.S. and Japanese companies.

After Wendy’s appeared to troll Katy Perry for participating in the Blue Origin space expedition, the brand issued a statement addressing the matter.

OpenAI is considering building a social network to compete with Elon Musk’s X and Meta’s Instagram, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to CNBC.

The founder of Barstool Sports wants to apologize to the college freshman who was the victim of a false viral rumor amplified by two personalities affiliated with the popular sports site, he said Thursday, NBC News reported.

They will also be unable to unblur nudity in direct messages they’ve received without parental approval. Safeguards extend to Facebook and Messenger.

Psychologist Abby Medcalf noted that with her patients, microcheating involves texting or messages on social media. And it can be a slippery slope.

A University of Mississippi freshman says a false rumor that went viral on X left her vomiting from anxiety as her phone was bombarded with calls and texts labeling her “a whore” and urging her to take her own life.

Shonda Rhimes is weighing in on a viral “Grey’s Anatomy” scene! Fans have been recreating Ellen Pompeo’s “pick me” scene from the show and Shonda loves that it’s getting attention.

U.S. officials have not determined who was behind an apparent cyber attack on X that limited access to the platform for thousands of users.

The Albanian Cabinet decided Thursday to halt TikTok for 12 months, blaming the popular platform for inciting violence and bullying.

The founders of Reddit and Digg are relaunching the platform, which was sold in 2012, as a website and mobile app in the coming weeks.

As TikTok’s future in the U.S. remains in limbo, San Francisco startup Substack is going after video creators in a move to expand its platform.

For the second time in less than two weeks, lawmakers discussed giving parents and guardians more control over how their children use social media. The General Law Committee sought comment on requiring parental permission before social media platforms can target minors and limiting when those sites can send notifications. “All my fellow colleagues and I, states attorneys general, Democrats and…

State lawmakers at the capitol Monday discussed a bill that would give parents greater control over social media and their children, and would also limit social media companies from how they interact with younger users.

State lawmakers are introducing legislation to address social media use by children.

Connecticut lawmakers are considering ways to regulate the way kids use social media. A proposed bill would require social media platforms to get a parent or guardian’s consent for children 16 or younger to open account. It would also bar those platforms from using algorithms to target kids with content meant to keep them engaged. “For me, the idea of…

One bill would require parental consent for kids under 16 to access social media, the other bill would address how social media companies target minors.