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A report from Media Literacy Now finds more states are acting on media literacy education, but gaps between policy and ...

Today, an estimated 2.2 billion people still have either limited or no access to the internet, largely because they live in ...

Altogether, Cloudflare reported in its 2025 fourth quarter analysis that it observed more than 180 internet disruptions worldwide over the course of 2025, ranging from short, localized incidents to ...

Amid the ongoing Beckham family drama ignited by Brooklyn Beckham’s explosive allegations, attention has quickly shifted to ...

AI slop and enshittification are making the public social commons unbearable. The alternative pathways are more accessible ...

International Phone Calls Resume From Iran After 3 Days, People Describe Heavy Security And Damage International calls resumed in Iran after three days, but internet curbs persist. Iran Human Rights ...

An internet blackout implemented by the Iranian authorities during major protests has now lasted 48 hours, internet freedom monitor Netblocks said on Saturday.

A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday, online watchdog Netblocks said, as the death toll mounts from a crackdown by authorities after 12 days of economic protests. The Barron ...

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An efficient analysis pipeline, integrating topic modeling with large language model (LLM) summarizing and human verification, was applied to identify the discussion topics. Results: We analyzed 1765 ...

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