A U.S. Senate committee is examining the effects on children who spend hours with their eyes glued to smartphones, tablets, and other devices. During a hearing Thursday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Jeremy Horvath, CEO of educational company LME...
As students return to school, parents are being warned about easy access kids have to fentanyl and other dangerous drugs through social media. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, drug cartels are targeting youth online with counterfeit pills that...
(Columbia, MO) — The Missouri School Boards’ Association is urging parents to be cyber aware as the new school year begins. John McDonald of the organization’s Center for Education Safety says even an innocent back-to-school photo posted on social...
Social media and text messages now play a huge role in political campaigns, compared to just a decade or so ago. Peverill Squire, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia, said they’ve become an important component in every candidate’s...
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Missouri’s claim that the Biden Administration violated free speech rights when it encouraged social media sites to remove posts spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. The 6 to 3 ruling found that the plaintiffs who...
