By: Emma Betz, Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com Elon Musk, owner, chairman and Chief Technology Officer of X Corp., recently filed a lawsuit against the state of California, alleging constitutional challenges to California’s Bill mandating the disclosure of content moderation policies. In September of 2022, the Governor of California, […]
by Amber Pavucsko, Staff Writer In April 2022, Elon Musk announced his plans to purchase the social media company Twitter for 44 billion dollars.[1] However, just three months later, he backed out of the deal stating that Twitter failed to give enough data to determine how many accounts were fake […]
Photo provided via Pexels.com. The New Battleground for Free Speech By Josh Larkin, Staff Writer The United States was founded on the idea of each citizen having certain inalienable rights and freedoms that could not be taken away from an overreaching federal government. Often considered the cornerstone of […]
By Kurt Valentine, Web Editor Social media has rapidly asserted itself as the modern-day public square. In 2005, one year after Facebook’s launch, 10% of internet-using U.S. adults used at least one social media site.[1] Ten years later, that number increased to almost 80%.[2] Facebook, which is the most popular […]
By: Margaret Potter, Staff Writer Two years after taking office, the Trump administration enforced quotas on immigration judges in 2018 requiring each judge “…to clear seven hundred cases a year or get docked points on their performance evaluations.”[1] In addition to this burden on immigration judges, then Attorney General […]
By Karissa Murphy, Executive Editor In 2002, Lester Packingham, a 21-year-old college student, became a registered sex offender after pleading guilty to taking indecent liberties with a child — having sex with a 13-year-old girl.[1] In 2010, Packingham logged onto his personal Facebook account and posted a statement celebrating […]
By Amy Kerlin, Staff Writer A Maryland man was recently arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. The weapon in question? The combination of a Tweet, “Electronic Device and Hands,” and a GIF or “Graphics Interchange Format.” John Rayne Rivello was accused of causing Newsweek journalist Kurt […]
By Maura Perri, Staff Writer On March 4, 2017, President Donald Trump turned to Twitter to tell his nearly 27 million followers: “Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found…” and “How low as President Obama gone to tapp […]
By Amber McGee, Staff Writer Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, implemented in 2012, gave thousands of undocumented immigrants the opportunity to come out of the shadows of illegality and pursue the “American Dream.” President Barack Obama crafted this program to address the struggle that undocumented persons faced who entered […]
By Joseph Baublitz, Staff Writer A new hashtag has been trending with Pennsylvanians and NBA fans to celebrate the Philadelphia 76ers’ wins, #RaiseTheCat. This celebration has become viral. A company, however, has filed for a trademark on the hashtag, which may chill any efforts to raise money for an animal […]
