Houston Matters
Houston-area author sends handwritten letters to all 580 of her Facebook friends. Now it’s a book.
Posted on · Daughters spoke to Houston Matters on Thursday about what what led her to pick up the pen in the first place.
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Houston Matters
Travis Scott performing in Houston (Aug. 10, 2023)
Posted on · On Thursday's show: We learn about mixed reactions to the news that Travis Scott plans to perform in Houston this fall for the first time since the fatal disaster at his Astroworld music festival nearly two years ago.
Houston Matters
Social media platforms are having a moment — and it’s not all good
Posted on · Generational divides, rejection of recent changes, outright bans, and threats of regulation -- the social media companies aren't used to us changing them. It could be a wild ride.
Houston Matters
Fentanyl-laced prescriptions at Mexican pharmacies (March 15, 2023)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: We talk about a problematic element of medical tourism in Mexico, new goings-on in the world of politics, and how Houstonians use social media.
Harris County
Houston law enforcement agency providing safe meet-up spaces for holiday shoppers
Posted on · Buyers and sellers from online marketplaces can utilize a "Holiday Safety Exchange Zone" at the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office.
Politics
Texas secessionists sue Facebook’s parent company under social media censorship law that’s yet to take effect
Posted on · The law, passed last year as House Bill 20, was recently stayed by the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Politics
Texas law banning social media ‘viewpoint discrimination’ reinstated for now
Posted on · House Bill 20 was passed after several conservatives -- most notably, former President Donald Trump -- were banned on social media platforms.
Politics
Texas argues Facebook and Twitter are a ‘modern-day public square’ in defense of censorship law
Posted on · Lawyers for the social media companies say the law, HB 20, is an infringement on their First Amendment rights.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3268: View From My Window
Posted on · Episode: 3268 Social Media and the Places We Call Home. Today, we take a view from my window.
Politics
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues Facebook alleging social media giant violated state law
Posted on · Attorney General Ken Paxton asserts that the company, which recently rebranded itself as Meta, violated state law when it captured users' facial features without proper consent. Paxton was also questioned if his choice of venue for the announcement had anything to do with one of his primary opponents.
Town Square
What is the impact – and future – of Facebook and other digital technologies?
Posted on · Today, experts discuss the impact of social media, new digital technologies and digital activism. Plus, what do we know so far about the new omicron variant of the coronavirus?
The Jan. 6 Insurrection
How the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement outwitted Facebook ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection
Posted on · Internal Facebook documents show how the pro-Trump Stop the Steal movement proliferated on the world's biggest social network between the presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Houston Matters
The week in politics, deleting Facebook, & Jonathan Franzen (Oct. 20, 2021)
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The latest developments in politics, the harms of social media, and writer Jonathan Franzen.
Business
Tech Groups Sue Texas Over Social Media Censorship Law
Posted on · Net Choice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association say the law violates the constitutional rights of social media platforms themselves.
Business
Facebook Ban On Donald Trump Will Hold, Social Network’s Oversight Board Rules
Posted on · While the panel upheld Facebook's suspension of the former president, it said the company's indefinite ban was wrong and gave Facebook six months to either ban Trump permanently or reinstate him.