The tense Texas Democratic Senate primary has been roiled by yet another online firestorm after an influencer accused state Rep. James Talarico of calling a former opponent a “mediocre Black man” — a ...

You might find negative comments anywhere, including on your latest Instagram update, a Throwback Thursday TikTok video, or a YouTube video you posted in middle school and can’t figure out how to ...

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...

YouTube is trying out a new look for the icon you use to submit comments in the mobile app. Instead of a black-and-white line drawing of an arrow, YouTube is replacing it with a white arrow in a red ...

During their first meeting of 2026, commissioners on the Livingston County Board appointed new leadership and discussed possible changes to public comment procedure. The meeting Jan. 5 saw officials ...

Falcons running back Bijan Robinson has apologized for a comment he made during a postgame interview on Amazon Prime after Thursday night’s game over the Buccaneers. Robinson used a social media post ...

Scottsdale is considering a proposal to limit public comment at City Council meetings. The proposed changes would reduce speaking time and cap the number of speakers for non-agenda items. This move ...

Laila Goody and Pia Tjelta star in the Norwegian film with 'Wag the Dog' vibes that made its international debut at Tallinn: "It's very important in a democracy to make fun of the people with the ...

Supporters of the decision argued public comment had become disruptive and weaponized, while opponents called it an essential bond with constituents. The vote followed a complaint accusing ...

For this report, Reddit posts and comments were classified using the following prompts to GPT-4.1 mini. The prompts were designed to mirror the codebooks that our research team used to create the ...

Facebook doesn’t like this feature anymore. Meta is doing away with two of Facebook’s external social plugins at the beginning of next year, By February 10, 2026, the social media platform will ...

When was the last time you clicked the Like button on some piece of content outside of Facebook, causing anyone who sees your Facebook activity to see your little recommendation in their news feed?