Supreme Court blocks Texas law on social media censorship

A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law, championed by conservatives, that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

Twitter to pay $150M in data privacy settlement

Twitter has agreed to pay a civil fine of $150 million in a settlement with the federal government that requires the social media giant to do more than just claim to protect the private data of users.

Facebook, Instagram to reveal details on how ads target users

Meta will publicly share information about demographics and money spent on ads created to target people in states posted on their social media platforms.

Meta employees can't talk about abortion on internal platform

Some Facebook employees are not happy about the company's policy that bans them from talking about abortion on the job.

Police: Man stabbed Tinder date, 2nd woman before Good Samaritan intervened

Police said the 18-year-old lured his victim to a park where he stabbed her multiple times — then took off and also stabbed a second woman at a nearby gas station.

Facebook's parent company Meta opens first retail store in Bay Area

Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store — in Burlingame, California — to showcase its hardware products like virtual and augmented reality goggles and glasses.

Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter

U.S. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Donald Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech.

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell makes brief return to Twitter before being banned again

Mike Lindell, who was already permanently suspended from Twitter for making false claims about the 2020 election, created a new account and was banned again just hours later.

Elon Musk Twitter purchase: Could a UCF freshman have had something to do with it?

FOX 35 News first spoke to University of Central Florida student Jack Sweeney three months ago when he received a message on Twitter from Elon Musk himself. Now that Musk is buying Twitter, we wanted to catch up with Sweeney to see what he had to say.

Hollywood reacts to Elon Musk's Twitter purchase for $44 billion

Elon Musk acquired the social media platform for $44 billion, and some of the biggest names in Hollywood appear to have mixed feelings about Musk’s purchase.

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

As Twitter’s newest owner, Elon Musk has already been floating suggestions for changes he’d like to see on the social media platform.

What's next now that Twitter has accepted Elon Musk's $44 billion bid?

Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.

Trump will not return to Twitter even as Elon Musk purchases platform, will begin using his own TRUTH Social

Former President Trump will not return to Twitter, even as Elon Musk purchases the social media company and reinstates his account, instead using his own TRUTH Social as the sole platform for his voice.

Twitter bans ads that contradict science on climate change

Twitter is banning ads that deny climate change, but there's no indication the change will impact what users can post on the site.

BeReal app: What it is, why it’s attracting Gen Z

The social media platform BeReal claims to encourage users to be, well, that of its name — real — and is advertised as a genuine way to share daily life with friends.

Few specifics provided on Florida's textbook rejections

"Reasons for rejecting textbooks included references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), inclusions of Common Core and the unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics," a news release from the Florida Department of Education said. But the news release did not provide examples or details on why the books were rejected.