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A journalist takes a cell phone photo of Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez giving a press conference in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Social media’s importance in authoritarian run countries

By Hannah Van Dijcke

Loudoun County School Board member who sparked parents’ protest resigns

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Demonstrators hold signs during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Portland, Ore. On the streets of Portland, a strange armed conflict unfolds night after night. It is raw, frightening and painful on both sides of an iron fence separating the protesters on the outside and federal agents guarding a courthouse inside. This weekend, journalists for The Associated Press spent the weekend both outside, with the protesters, and inside the courthouse, with the federal agents, documenting the fight that has become an unlikely centerpiece of the protest movement gripping America. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Andrea Kane, Queen Anne’s County superintendent, under fire for Black Lives Matter email

By Jonathan M. Pitts - Associated Press

School official under fire for Black Lives Matter support

By JONATHAN M. PITTS and The Capital Gazette - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse, right, gives a volunteer an injection as part of a study for a possible COVID-19 vaccine in Binghamton, N.Y. A false report claiming five Ukrainians had died after taking an American-made vaccine spread in just a matter of days from a small Kremlin-friendly Ukrainian website to an audience of thousands in U.S.-based Facebook groups. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Pro-Russia vaccine misinfo finds home in US Facebook groups

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

New forensic tool could help solve hiker case in Florida

By JAKE ALLEN and Naples Daily News - Associated Press

Facebook group honors Acadiana seniors, touches thousands

By LEIGH GUIDRY and The Daily Advertiser - Associated Press

This undated image released by Maggie Hellman shows Hellman with her husband Jeremy and their three children, from left, Gili, 2, Yehuda, 7, and Elisheva, 5, at their New Jersey home. The coronavirus outbreak is having an impact on couples and their relationships. Maggie Hellman created a Facebook group for her friends to blow off their own steam. (Abbie Sophia Photography/Maggie Hellman via AP)

Couples in quarantine: Stress, anxiety, fear of the unknown

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

This undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department shows Sean Urbanski. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)

Man guilty in Maryland college student’s fatal stabbing

By Michael Kunzelman - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department shows Sean Urbanski, charged with first-degree murder and a hate crime in the May 2017 killing of Richard Collins III. Urbanski’s former girlfriend, Kim Stringer, wants to be excused from testifying at his murder trial. She says he mistakenly believes that she would testify that he had no racial animus that would motivate him to commit a hate crime. A court filing last week says Stringer doesn’t have any relevant testimony that would assist Urbanski’s defense. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)

Maryland prosecutor: Racist memes poisoned killer’s mind

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Jury to decide if college student’s killing was hate crime

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, center, announced that the Trump administration will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors during a news conference at the border in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. McAleenan said the reassignment of 750 border inspectors would mean longer waits at crossings as the busy Easter holiday nears but that it was necessary to address what he called &quot;an operational crisis.&quot; The reassigned officers will process migrants, provide transportation and perform hospital watches for migrants who require medical attention. It is unknown when they will return to their regular duties. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Officials knew of Border Patrol Facebook group’s offensive content for years: Report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump dismisses Dems’ border complaints as politics

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, is escorted back to her vehicle after she speaks at the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, about what she saw at area border facilities Monday, July 1, 2019. (Briana Sanchez/El Paso Times via AP)

The Latest: McAleenan calls Facebook posts disturbing

Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, member of the House Judiciary Committee and freshman representative of the Hispanic Caucus, talks about what she saw on her tour of area border facilities Monday, July 1, 2019, at the Border Patrol station in Clint. Escobar was attempting to talk over the protesters. (Briana Sanchez / El Paso Times via AP) ** FILE **

AP Explains: How Facebook handles speech in ‘secret’ groups

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 25, 2018, photo, Heather Melton sits on a patio at her home in Big Sandy, Tenn., as the sun sets over the Big Sandy River. Heather and her husband, Sonny Melton, were in the final stages of building the home when Sonny died when he was shot while protecting Heather at the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2017. Now a year later, many survivors, who were already bonded through the music, have formed a tight-knit, encouraging community as they heal, support and remember. They call themselves &quot;Country Strong.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

For Route 91 survivors, ‘Country Strong’ means community

By Kristin M. Hall - Associated Press

In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Jada Pinkett Smith arrives at the world premiere of &quot;Girls Trip&quot; in Los Angeles. Pinkett Smith hosts a multi-generational Facebook show Red Table Talk. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Sex, love, loss: Little is off limits on ‘Red Table Talk’

By LEANNE ITALIE - Associated Press

Anthony Riccio, chief of the Chicago Police Department's organized crime unit, describes an investigation into sales of drugs and guns in an invitation-only group on Facebook during a news conference at Chicago Police Department headquarters Thursday, Dec. 21 2017, in Chicago. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Chicago police arrest dozens selling drugs, guns on Facebook

Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the University of Maryland Police Department, Sean Urbanski. Urbanski, arrested in a fatal stabbing at the University of Maryland that has been under investigation as a possible hate crime has been indicted on a murder charge. (University of Maryland Police Department via AP, File)

Sean Urbanski faces murder charges for fatal campus stabbing

By Carleton Bryant - The Washington Times