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Posted on · Daughters spoke to Houston Matters on Thursday about what what led her to pick up the pen in the first place.
Posted on · Daughters spoke to Houston Matters on Thursday about what what led her to pick up the pen in the first place.
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.
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.
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.
Posted on · Buyers and sellers from online marketplaces can utilize a "Holiday Safety Exchange Zone" at the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable's Office.
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.
Posted on · House Bill 20 was passed after several conservatives -- most notably, former President Donald Trump -- were banned on social media platforms.
Posted on · Lawyers for the social media companies say the law, HB 20, is an infringement on their First Amendment rights.
Posted on · Episode: 3268 Social Media and the Places We Call Home. Today, we take a view from my window.
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.
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?
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.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: The latest developments in politics, the harms of social media, and writer Jonathan Franzen.
Posted on · Net Choice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association say the law violates the constitutional rights of social media platforms themselves.
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.