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Featured Spring 2026 Weekly News Profile

Spain Makes a Stand Against Social Media Platforms’ Disappointing Ethical Failures

Alice Steele February 10, 2026

Spain has joined a growing number of countries banning social media for users under 16. These bans reflect a global concern over these platforms’ documented, pervasive threats to children’s mental health and safety, which companies have responded to with largely cosmetic changes that fail to meaningfully protect minors. This trend ultimately signals a disappointing and widespread failure to uphold ethical standards in the industry.

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Fall 2023 Weekly News Profile

iPad Kids: A Generation in Danger 

Rachel Pak November 13, 2023

People in Silicon Valley tend to be very strict about their children’s screen time because they have insider knowledge of just how addictive and harmful the algorithms they create are. Fed up with these algorithms, 33 general attorneys from 42 different states have come together to sue Meta for endangering children. Excessive screen use perpetuated by such algorithms has serious implications for the children who fall victim to them.

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Summer 2023 Weekly News Profile

Will Threads Unravel its Social Media Rival?

Jackie Finnemeyer July 19, 2023

Over the last several months, many Twitter users have found themselves looking for a new space in which they could engage with others. Earlier this month, Meta launched a brand new app, Threads, that might deliver what users have been seeking. With staggering new sign-up numbers early into its launch, the new app appears to be, at a minimum, a worthy competitor to Twitter. Can both platforms competitively coexist or can only one reign supreme?

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