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Instagram Reels or TikTok, which delivers more racy videos to teenagers? New Northeastern research provides answers
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Instagram Reels or TikTok, which delivers more racy videos to teenagers? New Northeastern research provides answers

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The US surgeon general wants a warning label on social media. Here’s why this may not work, according to Northeastern experts
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The US surgeon general wants a warning label on social media. Here’s why this may not work, according to Northeastern experts

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Why the impending sainthood of video game-playing teenager Carlo Acutis captures the Catholic imagination  
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Why the impending sainthood of video game-playing teenager Carlo Acutis captures the Catholic imagination  

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Should the UK tax Taylor Swift’s Eras tour to save its grassroots venues?
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Should the UK tax Taylor Swift’s Eras tour to save its grassroots venues?

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Banning Twitter users reduced misinformation and improved discourse after Jan. 6, Northeastern research suggests
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Banning Twitter users reduced misinformation and improved discourse after Jan. 6, Northeastern research suggests

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More researchers needed to rid the internet of harmful material, UK communications boss says at Northeastern conference
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More researchers needed to rid the internet of harmful material, UK communications boss says at Northeastern conference

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Pro-Palestinian posts significantly outnumbered pro-Israeli posts on TikTok, new Northeastern research shows
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Pro-Palestinian posts significantly outnumbered pro-Israeli posts on TikTok, new Northeastern research shows

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Digital apps and filters that spread artificial beauty standards must be dismantled, author says in powerful Northeastern talk
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Digital apps and filters that spread artificial beauty standards must be dismantled, author says in powerful Northeastern talk

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Is the House’s TikTok ban legal? Expert says it raises ‘constitutional concerns’
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Is the House’s TikTok ban legal? Expert says it raises ‘constitutional concerns’

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U.S. House passes possible TikTok ban, but will it get through the Senate? Experts aren’t so sure
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U.S. House passes possible TikTok ban, but will it get through the Senate? Experts aren’t so sure

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New book describes how Black Americans used the power of networks and allies to organize largest protests in nation’s history
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New book describes how Black Americans used the power of networks and allies to organize largest protests in nation’s history

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‘We owe it to each other.’ How to listen to opposing points of view in an age of political divide
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‘We owe it to each other.’ How to listen to opposing points of view in an age of political divide

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