Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall.

Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice as critics accuse the country’s leader of crackdown on dissent.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz threw his weight behind proposals to introduce a social-media ban for children in Germany, risking tensions with the US ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump in two weeks.

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A whopping 86% of Americans want Meta and Google held accountable for their role in a social media addiction crisis that has fueled anxiety, eating disorders and even suicide among kids, according to a survey obtained by The Post.

Lipscomb Ala. Mayor Robin Sims took to social media to accuse past and present city leaders of corruption and to offer his own admission of romantic impropriety.

Officer Parks with the Burbank Police Department has received more attention than the two French Bulldogs in the photo

More than half of college students are lonely—and those who use social media the most are particularly likely to feel isolated, a study of tens of thousands of 18 to 24-year-olds in the US shows. Just 16 hours a week—two or so hours a day—on social media was linked with higher odds of loneliness,