For most young people, learning about social and political issues doesn’t start with a textbook. It starts with a phone. While debates intensify about whether to impose a social media ban on under-16s in the UK, it’s important to consider how social media can be a route for learning as well as potential harm. Young...Read More
Social media: Addiction worries | Photo Credit: Kar-Tr Nobody usually phrases it this way, but technology is almost a humanities discipline. We are creating systems that reflect, shape, and augment the human experience. Growing addiction In recent years, with the deep and pervasive penetration of digital technologies — from algorithm-driven platforms to generative AI —...Read More
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting...Read More
Teens who spend all day scrolling social media can be more likely to use alcohol, a new study has found. The harmful effects of social media on kids have been scrutinized in recent years as technology advances and becomes more prevalent in the lives of young people. Researchers analyzed the habits of more than 14,000...Read More
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A registered sex offender has been accused of carrying out a string of daytime sexual assaults against six women on the same day in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, an area already grappling with a surge in high-end home burglaries, authorities said. Damian Denzell Robinson, 29, surrendered...Read More
by Contributed Content on April 24, 2026 On Thursday, April 23, 2026, the Menlo Park Police Department, in coordination with Sunnyvale Police Department, Newark Police Department, and the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC), concluded a multi-day operation with the arrest of an individual who traveled to the City of Menlo Park with the intent...Read More
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting...Read More
SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. – On Friday, the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office announced that Robert Barber, a convicted child sex predator, was denied parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings. On Friday morning, after a full hearing was held, the parole board denied parole for Barber, completely reversing a prior ruling that would have...Read More
A sixteen-year-old in Montana cannot vote. She cannot get a credit card, buy a lottery ticket, or smoke cigarettes. She needs a parent to sign off before she can get a tattoo, apply for a driver’s license, or play school sports. But she can consent to one thing: the predatory practices of online platforms. That...Read More
JOHN DAY – Grant County Education Service District School Safety Prevention Specialist Gordon Larson was in KJDY Studios recently to appear on an episode of Coffee Time to discuss cyber safety for Grant County students. Larson encouraged parents to communicate regularly with their children about dangers online, and said they might consider not taking their...Read More
