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Social media companies have allegedly contributed to a mental health crisis among Carroll County students and caused eating disorders, cyberbullying, depression and anxiety among other issues. The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously voted April 12 to join other Maryland school districts in a lawsuit against social media companies that claims the companies knowingly caused harm to students. Frederick County Public Schools on Tuesday announced it has joined Carroll County and other school districts across the state and U.S. by filing suit against Meta, Snap, ByteDance and Google — the parent companies of Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, respectively. In...

Yet another blow agnst the demented, controlling Big Tech demons. Guest: Dr Drew @drdrew (Twitter) www.drdrew.com Hosts: Tim @Timcast (everywhere) Ian @IanCrossland (everywhere) Luke @WeAreChange (everywhere) Lydia @sourpatchlyds (Twitter), sourpatchlyds.me

* Twitter’s board accepted billionaire Elon Musk’s offer to buy the social media company and take it private, the company confirmed. * The announcement ends a weeks-long saga Musk kicked off when he offered to buy the company at $54.20 per share, his “best and final.” * Twitter’s board sought to fend off a hostile takeover by adopting a so-called poison pill. In this article TWTR +2.83 (+5.77%) WATCH NOW VIDEO03:05 Board approves Twitter sale to Elon Musk for approx. $44B Twitter’s board has accepted an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to buy the social media company and take it...

I apologize if this post breaks a rule, but there's a new DC-focused subreddit that's being set up in response to censorship of posts and comments, particularly about crime and last night's shooting (linked), on the main city subreddit. Please join and spread the word if you are a redditor. Here's the new page: https://www.reddit.com/r/washdc/

Cher is doubling down on her claim that if she could only have been in Minneapolis last May, she maybe could have helped George Floyd — after being roasted for saying so the first time. “I CAN,I HAVE,& I WILL..HELP,” the singer tweeted Saturday. Many online had accused Cher of being tone deaf or blinded by white and celebrity privilege Friday, after the performer tweeted: “Is Gonna Sound CRAZY,But.. I Kept Thinking …..Maybe If I’d Been There,…I Could’ve Helped.” But by Saturday afternoon, the “Believe” singer was undeterred.