Social Media
The FTC’s Media Matters for America probe is an assault on freedom of speech
In November 2023, about a year after Elon Musk took over Twitter, Media Matters for America made a splash with a report claiming that the platform, by then rebranded as X, was "placing ads for Apple, Bravo, IBM, Oracle,…
Vance defends Trump’s Jesus image as ‘joke,’ tells Pope to focus on ‘Catholic Church’ matters
Tue Apr 14, 2026 - 7:34 am EDTTue Apr 14, 2026 - 7:44 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance has defended President Donald Trump’s controversial social media image portraying himself as Jesus as a “joke” and…
Lawsuits targeting social media are an attack on free speech
The definition of a trade-off is "a balancing of factors all of which are not attainable at the same time." We know there are no perfect choices in anything we do or buy. It's like that old maxim about any…
Netflix sparks outrage after promoting homosexual TV scene mocking Catholics over Easter weekend
Wed Apr 8, 2026 - 9:09 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Netflix has reignited controversy after promoting an irreverent scene of a homosexual kiss between characters disguised as a Pope and a cardinal – using Catholic religious…
Indiana governor signs bill to crack down on child sex predators
Thu Apr 2, 2026 - 9:58 am EDT (LifeSiteNews) — Child sex predators could face longer prison sentences under new legislation signed by Indiana Governor Mike Braun. Braun, a Republican, hosted a ceremonial bill signing on…
You’re wrong about social media being addictive
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the recent verdicts against Meta and the growing legal and cultural push to treat social media like a harmful, addictive product.…
Supreme Court Justices Struggle Over Crime Venue
Supreme Court justices grew fiery at times, and occasionally comical, during Monday’s arguments in the case of a former Twitter employee who was a paid informant of the Saudi Arabian government. Justices considered a narrow…
Josh Shapiro’s Branding Is Costing Taxpayers
RealClearWire—Pennsylvania’s “Get Stuff Done” governor has a favorite state department that he’s willing to staff to the rafters: his personal, dedicated PR team. As published reports last summer detailed, Gov. Josh Shapiro…
What does Groyper mean?
If the avatar of the alt-right movement was Pepe the Frog, its equivalent for today's far-right youths is a corpulent cartoon toad called Groyper. That character has become so associated with the antisemitic influencer…
Jury orders Meta, YouTube to pay $6 million in landmark social media addiction trial
Fri Mar 27, 2026 - 4:31 pm EDT LOS ANGELES, California (LifeSiteNews) — A jury has found Meta and Google liable for $6 million in damages in a landmark case that alleged the popular social media apps are designed to addict…
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