February 13, 2018 | Sammy Caiola
The Health Society, a D.C.-based networking group for young policy professionals is offering a Starbucks gift card to whoever produces the “nerdiest” Tweets with the hashtag #healthpolicyvalentines.
February 5, 2018 | Chris Nichols
Democratic state Sen. Bob Hertzberg of Los Angeles said his bill would not ban bots. Instead, it would shed light on the fake accounts that simulate real people and spread waves of false information across their platforms, the lawmaker said.
November 14, 2017 | Chris Remington
California Sen. Kamala Harris is taking on social media giants like Twitter, Google, and Facebook to understand how Russian agents influenced the 2016 election. Dan Morain from the Sacramento Bee and Andy Jones from UC Davis explore what's next.
September 26, 2017 | Rich Ibarra
Stockton Police are investigating an attack on an eight-year-old boy that was videotaped and posted on social media. The boy was beaten and his bike stolen.
February 24, 2017
Sacramento police say at least 10 men have been robbed in recent weeks after arranging to meet women through online social networking sites.
November 21, 2016
Google and Facebook have stopped selling ad space to fake news sites, following criticism it impacted the 2016 election. Will this lead to censorship on our social media platforms? USC’s Karen North shares her social media expertise.
August 1, 2016
(AP) — The California Legislature wants voters to be allowed to post photos of their marked ballots on social media.
March 22, 2016
When news broke of the attacks at Zaventem Airport and the Maelbeek train station in Brussels, people from Northern California expressed their sympathy via social media.
February 5, 2016
(AP) - Twitter says it's now using spam-fighting technology to seek out and automatically flag accounts that might be promoting terrorist activity.
February 2, 2016
(AP) - A Sacramento community college student has been arrested on suspicion of making threats on social media.
