• Police Chief Todd Bettison ordered officers to guard Charles Brooks' house after he reported threats. • The Detroit home and business owner said the city turned people against him with a "diss track." Detroit police officers are guarding the complex of a resident being sued by the city for alleged blight, after he says a city social media campaign resulted in online threats against him. Multiple police cars have been stationed outside Charles Brooks’ east-side "castle" complex since Wednesday, he told the Free Press. Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Reality star Ramona Singer denied that she edited a photo that fans noticed made her look significantly younger, but she didn't rule out that the photo was edited. Singer, a former cast member of Bravo's The Real Housewives of New York City, spent years wowing fans with her commitment to looking young. Fellow cast members even noticed that she was "aging backwards" and Singer came out with a skin care line in...

The social media app Bluesky wasn’t born out of the storm clouds surrounding Elon Musk‘s Twitter-turned-X, but its growth in popularity is a direct response to a perceived shift to the right for users who prefer to “Tweet.” Bluesky is a microblogging platform that acts, looks, and operates like X. It began as a research program inside Twitter’s original operations in 2019 before becoming fully established on its own in 2021. A pet project of original Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey, the Bluesky of today is the Twitter of yesterday —...

U.S. Gov't Says Immigrants May Face Visa Denial Over 'Antisemitic' Social Media Posts

The new policy says 'antisemitic activity on social media' could be grounds for denying visas, but the definition of antisemitism remains vague. 'We already know that this move is not genuinely about protecting American Jews,' progressive Jewish group head said

Gwyneth Paltrow has a very special guest on the newest episode of her : husband Brad Falchuk . The TV writer and producer made a rare appearance on his wife's Instagram grid on Tuesday, April 8, in a selfie-style video shot by Paltrow, 52. "Hi guys, this is my husband, Brad," the Oscar winner began, before Falchuk, 54, said "Hi" and waved briefly at the camera. "I was doing a special podcast about step-parenting, so I asked Brad to join me," she continued. Falchuk then chimed in from behind Paltrow,...

Meta is expanding Teen Accounts - what it considers its age-appropriate experience for under 18s - to Facebook and Messenger. The system involves putting younger teens on the platforms into more restricted settings by default, with parental permission required in order to live stream or turn off image protections for messages. It was first introduced last September on Instagram, which Meta says "fundamentally changed the experience for teens" on the platform. But campaigners say it's unclear what difference Teen Accounts has actually made. "Eight months after Meta rolled out Teen...

Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience with built-in protections, will be available on these platforms in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada before expanding to additional regions in the future. Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram last September after Instagram and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens. As part of Tuesday’s announcement, Meta said it’s bringing new built-in protections for Teen Accounts on Instagram.