Misinformation about voting and elections abounds on social media despite promises by tech companies to address a problem blamed for increasing polarization and distrust.

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With the opening of a second location at the Mall in Columbia, The Spotlight will be the first chain of selfie museums in Maryland, according to its owners.

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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.

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A divided Supreme Court has blocked a Texas law that aimed to keep social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter from censoring users based on their viewpoints.

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Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data.

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Today is Monday, the 95th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Sullivan that ill-gotten gains — in this case the sale of bootlegged liquor — are subject to income tax. Here are some other news items. ...

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LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by U.S. labor investigators.

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Congress has taken a new step toward reining in the market dominance of Big Tech.

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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has issued subpoenas targeting Twitter, Meta, Reddit and YouTube.

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For many rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, self-incriminating social media posts are influencing their criminal sentences.

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