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Instagram rolls out Teen Accounts for safer underage social media experience

Instagram rolls out Teen Accounts for safer underage social media experience

Claire O'Connor, Editor September 19, 2024

Instagram announced that users under 18 would be placed in “Teen Accounts” on Sept. 17. This change is in response to the immense amount of criticism placed on Mark Zuckerberg for creating an unsafe...

Gen Z students use social media increasingly, including during class

Social Media: a Step-by-Step Breakdown

Evan Schoonmaker, Staff Reporter February 1, 2023

Since the first social media sites came out in the 90’s, people have argued whether or not social media is good or bad. How does social media impact our mental health? How does social media change based...

Photo courtesy of Trinity Yager

The effects of social media

Sidrah Rizvi, Staff Reporter April 23, 2021

Over 3.96 billion people around the world are active social media users. That's more than the 3.15 billion people who have working toilets. Around 75% of teens aged 13 to17 have one or more social media...

A Review of "The Social Dilemma"

A Review of “The Social Dilemma”

Marisa Del Borrello, Staff Reporter February 23, 2021

With the increasing use of social media and technology, there is no surprise that problems are arising, such as being codependent on social media. Netflix stunningly captured this problem in their recent...

TikTok: The future of music discovery

TikTok: The future of music discovery

Sarah St. John, Co-Editor in Chief January 14, 2021

Facebook paying users to not use their app

Facebook paying users to not use their app

Noah Maze, Staff Reporter October 15, 2020

The Viking News TikTok

The Viking News TikTok

Livy Keane, Staff Reporter October 24, 2019

The Viking News staff has its own Tik Tok account that captures life here in our newsroom and events here on campus. In addition to staying more connected with the community here, we want to show what...

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