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Kristin Bride, right, mother of 16-year-old Carson Bride, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied on an anonymous app on Snapchat, is joined by Amy Neville, left, mother of 14-year-old Alexander Neville, who died from fentanyl poisoning after being deceived by a drug dealer operating on Snapchat, during a Social Media Victims Remembrance Day memorial on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) By  KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY Amy Neville describes Kristin Bride as her “soulmate.” But the day that forged their bond — June 23, 2020 — was the worst of each of their lives. Both Bride and Neville lost their teen sons that day. Their kids lived a thousand miles apart and never met, but they both died from harms related to their social media use. When the two mothers met, early in their advocacy work to protect other kids, Bride said she had felt “totally alone.” But they have since seen the online child safety movement blossom, with scores of other parents who lost kids pursuing stronger social media safeguards and legislation to protect children online. With that momentum, advocates say the tide seems to be turning. A pair of landmark jury verdicts this year showed a

YouTube has a separate kids app and parental controls on its regular platform that allow for "supervised kid accounts" for preteens who have aged out ...

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Brandon Aiyuk continues to air grievances against what soon will be his former team. The soon-to-be-former San Francisco 49ers receiver went to YouTube on Saturday to speak more on his feud with the 49ers. It’s a bit all over the place, but here’s a paraphrase of what the video contains: The 49ers are referred to as “That Team” and never by name. Aiyuk fired his agent, Ryan Williams, because of Williams’ affiliation with 49ers general manager John Lynch. John Lynch came to Aiyuk’s home. Aiyuk also said Kyle Shanahan had the temperament of a toddler For a video that runs 3:33, there’s a lot to go over. A portion of the John Lynch visit is transcribed below: ”General manager gonna pull up to my house. A weirdo. Like, bro, don’t pull up to my house uninvited boy. S**t aint safe. But I knew his ass was gonna do it. So I’m looking at my camera, my front door camera, see a big ‘ole white boy—white man, former NFL Safety, and I’m like “Aw, hell no.” And I know my wife is about to be back home soon. So I had to call my wife and say, “Uh, there’s a big-ass

June 28, 2026 • By Ryan Yousefi Nicholas Rojas {BSO} A Coral Springs man is accused of sexually assaulting a teen he met on Snapchat before being arrested in an undercover police sting, according to Broward County court records. According to a Pembroke Pines Police Department arrest report, Nicholas Rojas, 23, faces charges of sexual battery on a minor, two counts of traveling to meet a child after using a computer to lure a child, and causing a child to become delinquent. According to investigators, the victim told police that Rojas first contacted her several months earlier through Snapchat. She said he initially claimed to be 20 years old before later admitting he was 23. The teen told detectives she informed him she was just 14. Court records state that Rojas arranged to meet the child in March after planning for the girl to sneak out of her Pembroke Pines home in the middle of the night. Rojas allegedly traveled to meet her, then brought her back to his Coral Springs residence. The girl later told investigators that Rojas sexually assaulted her at the home despite her repeatedly telling him to stop and attempting to push him away. Authorities allege

The man behind it says he had no idea anyone would think he was being sincere, and many of the comments of angry book-lovers have made him laugh. A Facebook page called Residents for Responsible Free Little Library Growth popped up a few weeks ago. The page expressed concern about the growing number of little free libraries in Victoria and wondered if city council should put a limit on how high they can be built. “You can’t just change the identity of a neighbourhood without a conversation,” reads one post. Another worries about how the book cupboards will affect their vacation rentals. “My Airbnb listing specifically advertises a quiet, book-scarce residential atmosphere,” it says. A third says: “I have nothing against books. Some of my best friends read.” While some took to their keyboards in protest, it soon became obvious the page was satirical. The man behind the account is Jack Barker, a Victoria resident who loves little libraries and came up with the idea for the page while walking through Fernwood and admiring them.  » Read More

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Fresh off a failed metaverse, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly looking to enter the booming but ethically rancid world of prediction markets. Rivaling other platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, the app internally known as “Arena” is looking to integrate the company’s massive user base into gambling over anything and everything. “We believe that prediction markets are one of the more interesting new content types,” writes Meta’s Ime Archibong in an internal post leaked to The New York Times . “With the right containers, the social conversation is the payoff as people aim to show off how good they are at predicting things to their friends.” According to The Times, the plan is to launch Arena as a standalone app and, if successful, harmonize it with Meta’s sprawling social media empire. The incentive is clear, with billions wagered away on these speculative markets every year. The Times also says that Arena is causing internal conflict amid Meta staff, as the ethics and legality of these platforms have only continued to grow murky.  » Read More

Explosive power could light the fuse on your next PB – even if you’re not a sprinter. Researchers from Appalachian State University, US, tested the two-legged jump performance of three groups of runners, who usually raced either 200m, 800m or 3-5K. The 200m sprinters, with all their fast-twitch muscle fibres, covered the most ground in one jump – no surprises there. But in every group, better jump performance was linked to faster race times. So even if you’re a mid-distance racer, explosive legwork pays off. This led the researchers to conclude, ‘The contribution of muscle power to these events (800m, 3000m and 5000m) should be considered as a component for training for both sprints, middle- and long-distance runners.’ Why are plyometrics effective? ‘When performing plyometrics, you get a stretch of the muscle – eccentric contraction – followed by an immediate powerful contraction of the muscle – concentric contraction,’ says chartered physiotherapist Kate Cadbury. ‘This is also known as the stretch-shortening cycle, and it helps to improve explosive power and muscle efficiency. The movements are fast as the aim is to have minimal contact time with the ground, and the goal is to bounce back off the surface as quickly as