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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington in April 2018. In July 2020, Holocaust survivors around the world urged Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg to take action to remove denial of the Nazi genocide from the social media site.

Antisemitic Posts Are Rarely Removed By Social Media Companies, A Study Finds

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and TikTok took no action on 84% of antisemitic posts, despite pledging to crack down on hate speech, according to the Center to Counter Digital Hate.

Musician David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker says Spotify streamed his songs without his permission.

Spotify Faces Class Action For Copyright Infringement

The lawsuit alleges that the streaming music service fails to properly compensate artists for the right to reproduce or distribute recordings. It's the latest in the ongoing debate over streaming.

How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is.

Montana lawmakers on Friday passed a bill to ban TikTok over the app's suspected connections to the Chinese government.

Montana becomes 1st state to approve a full ban of TikTok

Montana's bill goes farther than bans in nearly half of the states that target devices on state-issued devices. Instead, Montana's legislation makes it illegal for anyone to download TikTok.

Hosts of InRangeTV compare firearms. The show decided to put its videos on Pornhub after YouTube announced that it would ban certain instructional firearms videos.

Restricted By YouTube, Gun Enthusiasts Are Taking Their Videos To Pornhub

YouTube is banning instructional and promotional firearm videos.

Members of the media gather in front of the courthouse in Copenhagen on Thursday, awaiting the start of Peter Madsen's trial. The Danish inventor is charged with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his homemade submarine last year.

Danish Inventor Denies Murder As Trial Opens For Gruesome Submarine Death

For months investigators have been surfacing graphic details about Swedish reporter Kim Wall's death aboard Peter Madsen's private sub. Now, the man is defending his account in a Copenhagen courtroom.

Maggie Webb, a junior high school math teacher at Clark Avenue School in Chelsea, Mass., volunteered to teach in a high-needs area in exchange for a federal grant called the TEACH grant. But a new report found that Webb and thousands of others had their grants converted to loans because of seemingly minor issues.

New iPads For Classrooms; College Graduation Gaps; Teachers Lose Grants

Plus positive trends in school-related crime, and teacher protests around the county, in our weekly education news roundup.

After Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg spoke to Congress about a massive data breach, the company announced it would no longer fund an effort to oppose The Consumer Right to Privacy Act.

Facebook Will Stop Funding Opposition To A User Privacy Initiative In California

The tech company spent $200,000 to oppose the measure, but reversed course on Wednesday following CEO Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony on the Cambridge Analytica data breach.

Author Judy Blume speaks about her book, <em>In the Unlikely Event</em>, in 2015.

At 80, Judy Blume Reflects On Feminism, #MeToo And Keeping Margaret 12

Judy Blume's best-selling books have shaped the way we talk about puberty, periods and female sexual experiences. Those story lines take on renewed relevance amid the #MeToo movement.

Protesters Sammi LeMaster and Katherine Fuchs carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality" after a demonstration at the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 14, 2017.

FCC Takes Another Step Toward Repeal Of Net Neutrality

The agency has formally published the order to undo net neutrality rules, which opens the door for lawsuits by state attorneys general and others. Congress could also decide to block the repeal.

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