Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages — labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcoming presidential election. It’s the social...
Read MorePresident Donald Trump escalated his war on Twitter and other social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the lawsuit protections that have served as a bedrock for unfettered speech on the internet....
Read MorePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened social media companies with new regulation or even shuttering a day after Twitter added fact checks to two of his tweets. The president can’t unilaterally regulate or close the...
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With schools dismissed, stay-at-home orders enacted and isolation as the norm, many young people...
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It’s almost 2020. That’s insane to me — to believe that it’s even a real year. So much has...
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UNC announced its plans for a new research center on Monday that will study the ways technology is...
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Tune in to Focus Carolina during morning, noon and evening drive times and on the weekends to hear...
Read MoreStudents in traditional calendar public schools are heading back to school this week for the start of another academic year, and school district officials are looking for new ways to ensure the safety of those students. Orange...
Read MoreFake news and the spreading of misinformation have existed as long as journalism itself. Throughout American history, the most common remedy to combat dissemination of lies has been what professor of Public Policy at Duke Philip...
Read MoreChapel Hill residents defended candidate for Town Council Hongbin Gu on the Facebook page Orange County Local where a resident posted that it was “stunning” that “homegrown Americans” were facing immigrant opponents for...
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