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Social Media Law and Ethics, second edition is available. #smle2026 #smprofs routledge.com/Social-Media-L…

“A group representing journalists who cover the Defense Department is seeking the immediate restoration of press access … after a federal judge ruled on … that key parts of the department’s media policy were unconstitutional” (@nytimes ). #journalism nytimes.com/2026/03/21/bus…

“A jury has found Elon Musk liable for defrauding investors by deliberately driving down Twitter’s stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud” (AP) apnews.com/article/elon-m…

“CBS News said Friday it will shut down its storied radio news service after nearly 100 years of operation, ending an era and blaming challenging economic times as the world moves on to digital sources and podcasts” ( @AP ). apnews.com/article/cbs-ra…

“A Brazilian law that seeks to shield minors from addictive, violent and pornographic online content took effect this week, with experts calling it a milestone in the protection of children and adolescents” ( @AP ). #smle2026 #smc2027 apnews.com/article/brazil…

@CNBC “A major crypto PAC suffered a blow after the Illinois Senate Democratic candidate it spent millions opposing won the Tuesday primary and will likely be sworn into office next year” ( @CNBC ).

AI, crypto industries dump millions into Illinois primaries to mixed results cnbc.com/2026/03/18/ai-…

“That absence has amplified the voices of Iranian American social media creators, who are now explaining the nation’s complicated history and the conflicting desires of its citizens in succinct videos that are widely shared online” ( @AP ). apnews.com/article/iran-s…

Nvidia inference inflection: “Once an AI tool is trained, inference chips enable the technology to take what it has learned and produce responses — whether it be writing a document or creating an image — more efficiently …” ( @AP ). #AI #tech #smc2027 apnews.com/article/nvidia…

“Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign…” (AP). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/google…

“About 3,800 workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants went on strike Monday in Colorado in what union representatives said is the first walkout at a U.S. beef slaughterhouse in four decades” ( @AP ). apnews.com/article/meatpa…

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“A torrent of fake videos and images generated by artificial intelligence have overrun social networks during the first weeks of the war in Iran” ( @nytimes ). #smle2026 #smc2027 nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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“The plaintiff, identified as KGM in documents or Kaley, as her lawyers have called her during the trial, says her early use of social media addicted her to the technology and exacerbated depression and suicidal thoughts” ( @AP ). #smle2026 apnews.com/article/meta-i…

“Microsoft and a group of retired military leaders are throwing their weight behind Anthropic in asking a federal court to block the Trump administration’s designation of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk” ( @AP ). #AI #tech apnews.com/article/trump-…

Watch highlights from the March 3, 2026 @EdelmanPR #Trust Barometer presentation in Chicago. youtu.be/C5GOwGli9GY?si…

“Meta said Tuesday it is acquiring Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for artificial intelligence agents to make posts and interact with each other” (AP). #AI #smc2027 #smle2026 #smprofs apnews.com/article/meta-m…

“The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit Monday that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI knew the shooter was planning a mass attack” (AP). #AI apnews.com/article/canada…

“Live Nation would agree to change how it makes ticketing deals with venues, allowing those businesses to use multiple vendors to sell tickets to fans, rather than work with Ticketmaster exclusively. In addition, the company would allow touring artists to use other promoters…”

“Mr. Musk took the stand …to testify in a shareholder lawsuit accusing him of attempting to drive down Twitter’s share price in a failed attempt to force a renegotiation of the $44 billion deal” ( @nytimes ). nytimes.com/2026/03/04/tec…

#Iran war: “A deluge of misrepresented or fabricated videos has spread widely online since the Iran war began last weekend, fueled in part by state-linked propaganda and influence campaigns” ( @AP ). apnews.com/article/iran-w…