American agents arrest two top figures in Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel in Texas

US agents arrested two top leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel in Texas on Thursday, the Justice Department said, striking a major blow to one of the most powerful and violent criminal ... Read More

Social media companies change their policies in the wake of bad press

Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were more likely to make policy changes in the weeks after negative stories in the media ... Read More

Senate advances bills forcing social media companies to reduce harm

The Senate advanced bipartisan bills on Thursday designed to protect children who use social media, putting the legislation on track for passage despite opposition from civil liberties groups who said ... Read More

Mexican cartels boast of increased lethal firepower, including some weapons from the U.S.

He said he now trains others to use ... rival cartels. Fernando José Ventura, a former Jalisco Cartel member who fled the criminal organization earlier this year, described to local news outlets ... Read More

Texas manhunt underway after detective is fatally 'ambushed,' sheriff's office says

A Texas detective was killed ... 28 years old and had been with the sheriff's office for five years, according to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez on social media. In a news conference early Thursday morning ... Read More

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Wannabe carjacker gets ‘punk butt’ beaten by 66-year-old truck owner: ‘Mess around and find out!’

Blake Robinson, 29, got his “butt whipped” by a 66-year-old man he attempted to rob, police in Florida joked on social media. Brevard County Sheriffs Office But the victim quickly sprang to ... Read More

Chaos on social media platforms after Trump shooting is a mess of their own making

The social media industry’s tepid response this week to the conspiracy theories floating wildly on their platforms about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was part of a ... Read More

Social media platforms that mine user data aren’t shielded by federal communications law, California court says

Does a law that predates social media shield companies from complying with criminal defense subpoenas? A California appellate panel said no. Read More

Couple accused of using 5 adopted Black children 'basically as slaves' in West Virginia

Kanawha County sheriff says Whitefeather and Lantz kept ... at the home and were subsequently arrested, according to the social media post. Listeria outbreak linked to deli meat leaves 2 dead ... Read More

News consumption in the United States - statistics & facts

In fact, many social media users now get their news from the networks they use. The most popular social platforms for news are X, Facebook, and TikTok. Using social networks to keep up to date is ... Read More

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