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Rahul Rai, a 24-year-old crypto hedge fund founder, believes ether could overtake bitcoin in the next six or so months.

The over $6.4 billion in ad spending already surpasses both the 2018 and 2020 election cycles, according to nonpartisan research firm AdImpact.

Meta debuted new account management tools for its Facebook and Instagram users that lets them more easily switch between the two apps.

via Facebook/EBR SchoolsThe East Baton Rouge school system in Louisiana has been accused of tricking hundreds of high school seniors into attending a religious event this week disguised as a college and career fair.After students arrived at the venue—a church called the Living Faith Christian Center—they say they found something much different than a career fair called the “Day of Hope.” While several colleges did have a presence at the event, students said the emphasis appeared to be on somethi

Dear Annie: Over the years, my tolerance for garlic has gotten so bad that I have cut it out of my diet entirely. I try to explain to people that yes, this is real, and yes, it makes me very sick. At church, I do not go to potlucks or other meals where I do not know what is in the food. -- Garlic AllergyDear Garlic Allergy: I’m sorry that your condition is being ignored by members of your community. Annie Lane’s second anthology -- featuring favorite columns on marriage, infidelity, communication and reconciliation -- is available as a paperback and e-book.

A caller reported seeing someone throw a plastic tote over a Central Florida bridge from a moving vehicle this week, according to a Thursday Facebook post from Orlando-based Orange County Animal Services,.

An independent audit of Meta’s handling of online content during the two-week war between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas last year found that the social media giant had denied Palestinian users their freedom of expression by erroneously removing their content and punished Arabic-speaking users more heavily than Hebrew-speaking ones.

Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year’s Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian users to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, political participation and non-discrimination.

The bill stalled in committee two weeks ago after an amendment introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz to prohibit censorship “collusion” narrowly passed, sharply dividing the bipartisan sponsors of the bill.

Mark Zuckerberg's leadership is putting Meta on track to fail, but taking some time off could turn things around, Harvard management expert Bill George says.

Beyond the Screen will create an open-source database of ways "Big Tech is failing in its legal and ethical obligations to society," according to a release.

We examined the privacy practices of popular health apps including Drugs.com, WebMD, K Health, HealthTap and Period Calendar.

The Iranian government has cut off WhatsApp, Instagram and other internet services as protests over the death of a woman in custody entered their fifth day.

The cost cuts at the Facebook parent company are likely to include job reductions due to internal business department reorganizations.

BAY CITY, MI - A line of severe thunderstorms swept through Bay County and the surrounding area during the morning hours causing power outages to pop up. Severe warned storms crossed the Bay City area shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. The power outage is currently effecting the Bay County Court Facility at 1230 Washington Avenue in downtown Bay City. Updates will be posted on the Bay City Electric Light and Power Facebook as they become available, according to the department. Read more from MLiveWorst winters for Flint, Saginaw, Bay City ranked, and whyMore lake sturgeon to call Saginaw Bay watershed home after upcoming release eventsBay City welcomes German sister city visitors for unveiling of sculptureDinner table to span entire city block in downtown Bay City during special charity event

Iranians are experiencing a near-total internet blackout amid days of mass protests against the government.

Iranians experienced a near-total internet blackout on Wednesday amid days of mass protests against the government over the death of a woman held by the country's morality police for allegedly violating its strictly-enforced dress code. An Iranian official had earlier hinted that such measures might be taken out of security concerns. Iran has seen nationwide protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained for allegedly wearing the mandatory Islamic headscarf too loosely.

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Facebook/Venmo“They are not going to let me go love you there is a key to the house in the blue flower pot by the door.”That was the chilling Venmo message Deborrah “Debbie” Collier sent her daughter around 3:17 p.m. on Sept. 10—along with approximately $2,300—before the 59-year-old left her Athens, Georgia home in a rented SUV and vanished. Less than 24 hours later, authorities would discover her body, nude and severely burned, in a ravine ab

FacebookAuthorities have confirmed they are opening a criminal investigation into the individuals who “lured” approximately 50 migrants from the migrant resource center in San Antonio to be flown to Martha’s Vineyard at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request.Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar confirmed the investigation during a press conference Monday “to clear the air for everyone,” alleging that 48 migrants were “lured under false pretenses” to stay at a hotel for a couple of days, shuttled to a

Social-media critics finally catch the car on moderated content — as Trump enters the industry.

Check out the Facebook post from the Eufaula Police Department in Alabama that shows just about everyone’s worst nightmare. Officers recently shared a photo of a call they received to help remove a large snake from a toilet. “We never know from one day to the next what kind of call we will receive during our shift,” officers said. “In the snake’s defense, he was just trying to reach the homeowner about their car’s extended warranty,” officers quipped. The post has been shared almost 7,500 times and has garnered more than 1,000 comments.

Complaints about the U.S. military’s influence operations using Facebook and Twitter have alarmed some in the White House and other federal agencies.

Sisters Supporting Sisters is a women empowerment organization promoting sisterhood and unity of all women regardless of age, race, creed, or culture through access to family services, networking, workshops, and social events. Located at 3163 Flushing Road in Flint, the organization is expanding into a new location at Genesee Valley Center, 3193 S. Linden Road, in Flint Township. The grand opening was held on Saturday, Sept. 17, with special messages from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley. “A lot of people have come together through the group to help and I have been blessed.”For more information, visit the Sisters Supporting Sisters website. Read more at The Flint Journal:Longtime Flint pastor remembered for community impact, activismDavison mayor inching closer to opening new hot dog restaurantThe Soothing Tunes Room brings lively jazz music to the Flint area

Sheep farmer and singer John Hughes was approached by Welcome to Wrexham producers on Facebook.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Meta's challenges are mounting and investors continue to bail.

Coal Miners’ Park is located at 1000 N. Saginaw St.Find Rebel Co. Fall Market on Facebook or visit www.rebelcomarket.com for more information. The free festival takes place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the cultural center, 527 Ezra Rust Drive. The free event hosted by Frankenmuth Parks & Recreation takes place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. The family-friendly event takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 8-9, 15-16 and 22-23. The event takes place from 6 p.m. to midnight outdoors.

A new law in California will require companies that provide online services to protect children's privacy.

A Philadelphia drag performer beloved by the local LGBTQ community died Monday night during a performance at a popular gay bar.

The announcements reflect a growing push from the Biden administration to examine the link between online rhetoric and mass shootings.

A Florida Chick-fil-A employee is being praised for his heroic actions when he stopped a man from allegedly carjacking a woman and her baby.

A litter of puppies at the Nashville Humane Association in Tennessee reached superstar status after hanging out with the Backstreet Boys while the 90s boy band was in town for a concert.

ANN ARBOR, MI -- An Ann Arbor vegan deli has closed permanently after nearly six years. Vedge Café, 205 N. Main St., announced in a Facebook post in mid-August that the restaurant would close. Read more: Vedge Cafe bringing homemade, vegan touches to Ann Arbor food sceneVedge Café served a variety of vegan deli sandwiches, including a French dip, Irish Reuben and gyros, as well as salads, desserts and more. Read more: Michigan’s Best Local Eats: Vedge Café surprises skeptics with vegan French dip, Irish reubenRatke shared recipes for the “infamous potato salad” and vegan mayo in the closure announcement. Read more from The Ann Arbor News:Iconic Michigan B&B Victorian mansion hits market: ‘Looks like a dollhouse’Ann Arbor project could replace neighborhood street parking with bike lanesScio Township appoints second trustee this year amid protests calling for special election

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South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won ($72 million) for tracking consumers' online behavior without their consent and using their data for targeted advertisements.

The alligator was 13 feet and weighed 625 pounds. Alligator hunting in SC runs until Oct. 8.

A Michigan man is facing charges after he sent a woman videos on Facebook of a child performing sexual acts, state police said.

A Little League baseball player who fractured his skull while in Pennsylvania for the Little League World Series is fighting off a staph infection. Easton Oliverson, 12, of Utah, is being treated at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he was transferred on Aug. 30. The setback, the Oliverson family said, has been a challenge for Easton, whose nickname is Tank. It was heartbreaking though to experience another fun event without my Easton Oliverson. (Courtesy of the Oliverson family)

An online user says someone left Meta's yet-to-be-released VR headset in a room at the hotel where he works — a month before its expected unveiling.

Facebook/Vyacheslav Zadorenko via ReutersPicture this: You’re a Russian soldier, stuck in Kherson, waiting for a Ukrainian assault. Your supply route across the Dnipro River has been cut off by rocket attacks. Your ammunition dumps keep getting blown up. And you’ve watched thousands of your colleagues flee the battleground after a stunning Ukrainian offensive in the northeast of the country.You could stay and fight—but why risk your life for a war that’s not even officially a war? Or you could t

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok are bringing back familiar strategies from 2020 to fight the spread of disinformation in the 2022 midterm elections.

Their wife takes daily phone calls form her siblings and they don’t usually talk about anything substantial.

Local election officials preparing for the rapidly approaching midterm elections have one more headache: trying to combat misinformation that can confuse, anger and disenfranchise voters.

The two streamers, mainstays of Twitch’s ‘Fortnite’ era, announced big moves recently. The two were received very differently.

The event, which begins at 4 p.m. Eastern time, promises updates relating to games from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Pixar and 20th Century Studios.

Chipotle customers were using a social media "hack" to get burrito-sized portions for just $3 by ordering tacos with extra sides, creating more work for employees.

4 people are dead and 3 are injured following an hourslong shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee.

Logging in with Facebook credentials was once available across much of the Internet, but websites have been turning that function off.

A flurry of “paid feature” experiments will never be as lucrative as YouTube’s premium service, which kills the annoying ads.

Ezekiel Kelly has been charged with first-degree murder, according to court records.

In bodycam footage, Officer Dattolo can be seen freeing, and reassuring, the panicked buck.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Harmony Brewing Company announced Wednesday it will close its West Side location, Harmony Hall, in early October. “However, it simply is not suitable for large scale production, so we had to make the difficult choice to move. The location houses brewing operations on its first-floor, as well as a 60-person event space, known as the Monster Room, that was available for private events and other gatherings. Harmony Brewing Company opened its first location, known for its wood-fired pizzas and beer, in February 2012 at 1551 Lake Dr. Read more:Former Grand Rapids TV anchor fired for tardiness, not gender bias or COVID-19 protocol, judge saysSeptember heat comes with a real treat, we’ll feel that often in next 10 daysTickets on sale for 2022 Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame Induction celebration

U.S. Rep Mike Johnson objected to the sitcom aired by FX Networks. FX Networks and Hulu, where the show is streamed, are among entertainment assets that Disney bought from Fox in a stock deal worth about $52.4 billion in late 2017. On the show, DeVito voices the role of Satan and his daughter, Lucy DeVito, plays Satan’s daughter, Chrissy the Antichrist. Disney and FX Networks did not immediately respond on Tuesday to emails requesting comment. Disney and FX have decided to embrace and market what is clearly evil.

The image is altered. Oz did not pose for a photo with a campaign sign that read "NO."

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg lit up social media with a video of himself sparring with mixed martial artist Khai “The Shadow” Wu. In the video, the 38-year-old Meta CEO is seen exchanging punches, kicks and grapples with the 27-year-old MMA fighter.

“Is that an actual real gator, or a pool float?”

Shares of DWAC fell more than 20% Tuesday morning after the company reportedly failed to get enough shareholder votes to extend the deadline for its merger with Trump Media.

The ultimate guide to not falling for scams from red flags to conversations you should have with loved ones.

She was a beloved pillar of the community whose name was Stella. She would greet folks for years in Downtown Plymouth, but sadly, she died.

A survey of people ages 16 to 40 finds that millennials and Generation Z follow the news, but they aren't that happy with what they're seeing.

Facebook’s corporate parent has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit alleging the world’s largest social network service allowed millions of its users’ personal information to be fed to Cambridge Analytica, a firm that supported Donald Trump’s victorious presidential campaign in 2016.

Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it banned in 2018.

With listings for everything from clog shoes to cars and cabinets, Facebook Marketplace is the hot spot to buy and sell goods online, and scammers know it, and now they’re working on getting your attention and your money.

An anti-vaccine group that has harassed doctors and public officials in Italy and France is still active on platforms like Facebook despite efforts to rein in its abuse and misinformation.

In a story published August 19, 2022, about a Pennsylvania man being charged after allegedly attempting to buy stolen human remains from an Arkansas woman, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the FBI Little Rock spokesman's first name.

Instagram and Facebook have suspended Children's Health Defense for repeated violations of policies on COVID-19 misinformation.

Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold consumers’ attention by introducing replicas of the popular social platform.

Social media companies are sharing their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections, although they have offered scant details.

Facebook failed to detect election-related misinformation in ads ahead of Brazil's 2022 election, a new report from Global Witness has found.

With abortion now or soon to be illegal in over a dozen states and severely restricted in many more, Big Tech companies that collect personal details of their users are facing new calls to limit that tracking and surveillance.

A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter have an abortion.

25 out of 4,000 beagles are relocating to Grand Rapids after being mistreated in Virginia.

One of Michigan’s most popular breweries is speaking out against rude customers, an issue they call “relentless” this summer.

Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook's News Tab as it reallocates resources in the economic downturn.

The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter illegal behavior in the financial industry, saying some companies have gotten so big that the money makes little difference.

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove.

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history Thursday, dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies.

Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural.

Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order.

A Metro Detroit orchard and cider mill are closing its doors after 102 years.

104°F might raise some eyebrows in Metro Detroit, but that’s a record-high temperature in London.

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.

A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users.

The Dearborn Police Department wants to alert residents that social media accounts are impersonating elected government officials.

Two women and a man have been arrested in connection with the murder of a local Facebook celebrity who was shot and killed in Ypsilanti Township after an argument with commenters during a live stream.

Michigan’s no-fault auto reform has meant more options for drivers, and it can translate to savings for some. But what about the thousands who suffered catastrophic injuries in car accidents before the law went into effect?

Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.

While a Downriver boy hasn’t even started first grade yet, he’s already making a huge difference in his community. He is using proceeds from his pop-up lemonade stand to raise money for the Wyandotte Animal Shelter.

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.

The Justice Department says Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising as its parent company subjects itself to court oversight in a response to a U.S. lawsuit.

A group of Metro Detroit moms continues to help families as the baby formula crisis continues.

Jason Carr explains why his wardrobe is going to change a little bit.

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election.

The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard children’s privacy online.

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness.

One organization in Detroit is doing its best to make sure there is access for all types of cyclists.

Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire while also taking blame for some of its biggest missteps along the way, is stepping down.

A social media platform is working with the U.S. Department of Justice AMBER Alert system to help raise awareness of missing children more efficiently.

We all get a little stuck sometimes. On Friday, a group of ducklings did just that and got themselves trapped in a storm drain.