Former President Donald Trump is poised to make over $1 billion from Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), as he stands to gain an additional 36 million shares in the firm. After TMTG went public in late March, President Trump held 78.75 million shares in the company. At the time, his […]
As we draw closer to the Nov. 8 presidential election, a security expert is predicting how Big Tech might influence Americans to decide who wins another term in the White House. Andrew Riddaugh served as a key figure in the Presidential Advance team for all four years of President Donald Trump’s term in the White […]
Too much screen time is becoming an increasing issue for children, as many are spending more and more time glued to their phone. Vince Callahan, a mental health expert, says this could seriously affect their social development. NTD’s Evelyn Li spoke with him to learn how parents can help their children overcome their “addiction.”
A group of social media influencers is facing backlash after a recent trip to China. They were invited to tour a Shein factory in Guangzhou. The influencers showered praise on the Chinese clothing company during the visit. But many commentators online suggest they were shown a false picture of what’s really going on. NTD’s Jeremy […]
The U.S. surgeon general is calling for tech companies and lawmakers to take “immediate action” to protect children’s and adolescents’ mental health on social media. But after years of insufficient action by both social media platforms and policymakers, parents and young people still bear most of the burden in navigating the fast-changing, often harmful world […]
Utah Governor Spencer Cox on Thursday signed two bills into law settling limits on social media use for minors—including requiring parental consent, making it the first U.S. state to do so. “We’re no longer willing to let social media companies continue to harm the mental health of our youth,” Cox, a Republican, said on Twitter. […]
From military hardware to technology with a softer touch, social robotics is a field that studies and designs robots that can interact socially with people. The aim is for robots to read human social cues and respond appropriately to people in social situations.
LONDON—Police searching for a woman who vanished three weeks ago in northwest England found a body in a river close to where she was last seen, the Lancashire Constabulary said Sunday. Formal identification of the body is pending. The search for Nicola Bulley, 45, has riveted Britain since she went missing on Jan. 27 while […]
A federal judge recently issued a preliminary injunction against a New York state law that implicates hate speech, saying it violates Americans’ constitutionally-protected First Amendment rights. New York General Business Law Section 394-ccc, also referred to as the Hateful Conduct Law, came into effect on Dec. 3, 2022. It compels platforms to “provide and maintain mechanisms for […]
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) announced a new bill to preserve and protect Social Security and Medicare on Friday after President Joe Biden claimed that Republicans in Congress aim to reduce funding for these programs. The proposed bill, named the Protect Our Seniors Act, would rescind funding from the Inflation Reduction Act for 87,000 new IRS […]
Two Republican attorneys general have released documents showing what they say is the White House’s pressure campaign on Facebook to censor content, including a video by conservative media personality Tucker Carlson on the COVID-19 vaccines. The new documents, released on Jan. 9 and 10 by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, […]
SEATTLE—The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Snapchat, seeking to hold them accountable for the mental health crisis among youth. Seattle Public Schools filed the lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court. The 91-page complaint (pdf) says the social media companies have […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. An engrossing and incredible true story of social injustice. From rape victim, to rape activist, a low-caste woman in a small village in India speaks out against child marriages and for her own human rights.
In this episode, host Lucas Miles addresses the Left’s newest obsession—ESG (environmental, social, governance)—exposing how this new woke scoring system could affect the future of business in America, along with the potential ramifications for the Church. – BUY Jan 6 DVD: https://www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “Lucas” for 20% off. Follow Lucas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucasmiles * Click […]
Truth Social, the social media platform founded by former President Donald Trump under Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has been approved on the Google Play Store after months of back-and-forth pertaining to the app’s content moderation plans, and it can now be downloaded and accessed across all devices in the United States. “It’s been […]
The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will be 8.7 percent for 2023, the highest increase in 40 years, according to a Thursday announcement from the Social Security Administration. That increase tops the 5.9 percent adjustment that was implemented in 2022, which at the time was the highest in decades, amid surging inflation. The last time the Social […]
More than 50 officials in President Joe Biden’s administration across a dozen agencies have been involved with efforts to pressure Big Tech companies to crack down on alleged misinformation, according to documents released on Aug. 31. Senior officials in the U.S. government, including White House lawyer Dana Remus, deputy assistant to the president Rob Flaherty, […]
Google is drawing criticism for refusing to make former President Donald Trump’s social media app Truth Social available in its app store. The app’s absence in the Google Play Store is a huge issue considering that Android phones make up about 44 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. Truth Social is available on Apple App […]
Truth Social, a social media platform owned by former President Donald Trump, saw a surge in downloads after the FBI raided his Mar-a-Lago residence on Aug. 8, according to reports. Downloads of the Truth Social app skyrocketed by nearly 550 percent in the week after the FBI raid, Vice News reported on Aug. 19, citing data […]
