Fact-Check: Scripted Video Viral as Real Engagement Ceremony at Metro Station

Fact-Check: A video showing a family getting a man and woman engaged at a metro station is being shared as a real incident. However, this video is scripted and not real.
The Hollywood Reporter

IAG Appoints Nir Caspi as Head of Non-Scripted & New Media and Chief Growth Officer

IAG continues to make moves designed to turn it into a leading alternative to the Big 3 agencies. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Independent Artist Group has named Nir Caspi as head of non-scripted & ...
BOOM on MSN

Scripted video peddled as elderly Muslim forcing minor into marriage

By Srijit Das A video purportedly showing an elderly Muslim man forcing a minor girl into marrying him is being shared as a ...
The New York Times

Jonathan Haidt Brings New Evidence to the Battle Against Social Media

The author of “The Anxious Generation” shares his latest research about the harms social media is doing to children. By Kevin Roose Casey Newton and Whitney Jones Jonathan Haidt did not expect to ...
The Atlantic

Is This the End of Kids on Social Media?

Australia is actually doing this. As of December 10, no one under 16 will be allowed to have an account on TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, or basically any other platform an average teen might ...
Ars Technica

“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial

Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and death. These can be the consequences for vulnerable kids who get addicted to social media, according to more than 1,000 personal injury lawsuits that seek to ...