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The Salvation Army is hosting a two-day racial justice forum in Illinois after the organization sparked controversy last month with a racism guide that contained racially charged language instructing White people and Christians to "evaluate" racist attitudes.

The latest form of cyberbullying is occurring at schools across the country and, like other forms of bullying from the past, it can result in fights, social rejection and self harm.

Tech-savvy children, whose online time skyrocketed during the pandemic, are finding ways to circumvent the controls meant to protect them.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified about the company’s efforts to address user safety Wednesday during a Senate hearing on concerns that the social media app is having a harmful effect on the mental health of teenagers.

Mobileye, which was founded in Jerusalem in 1999 by Ziv Aviram and Amnon Shashua, first went public in 2014 before being acquired by Intel for $15.3 billion in 2017.

Instagram said on Tuesday it will be stricter about the types of content it recommends to teens in the photo-sharing app and will nudge them toward different areas if they dwell on one topic for a long time.

Instagram has quietly rolled out a pop-up over the past year that encourages users to "try a new account." The notice says it will help people "keep up with a smaller group of friends" and explore their interests more easily.

Spotify has removed the work of hundreds of comedians

U.S. labor board prosecutors have alleged that Amazon-owned Whole Foods Market illegally banned employees from wearing "Black Lives Matter" masks and punished workers who did, according to Bloomberg.

The BLM national arm is leading a boycott of 'white companies' until the beginning of 2022 during the peak of holiday shopping season.

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, on Wednesday released a new study from the Joint Economic Committee on the mental health impacts of Instagram and other social media apps on teenage girls.

New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal was thrust into the spotlight on Monday when Jack Dorsey announced he would step down from the position in a surprise decision that puts a man who once declared the company is “not to be bound by the First Amendment” in of the social media juggernaut.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers, led by Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to assess whether Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, should amend its regulatory filing to reflect potential risks to shareholders over the ice cream maker’s Israel boycott.

Lush Cosmetics says it will deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok accounts on Friday until the social media platforms take action to provide a safer environment for users.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Samsung announced Tuesday the company would be building a $17 billion semiconductor chip factory in Taylor, Texas

Samsung plans to build a roughly $17 billion chip-making plant in Taylor, Texas, according to people familiar with the matter, a mega investment by the South Korean tech giant, as the Biden administration pushes for an expansion of U.S. semiconductor production.

MarketWatch on Saturday said it had deleted a tweet that implied $5 for a gallon of gas, a $90 bottle of wine and $200 concert tickets were typical purchases for "average Americans" in the current economy.

Attorneys general from several states announced Thursday they have joined forces to investigate Meta over Instagram's effects on children

Rep. Kim Schrier, D-Wash., was more than two months late in disclosing the purchase of half a million dollars worth of stock in Apple.