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This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms, from left, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Lost jobs over social media statements that seemed like a good idea at the time have become a common occurrence, but the tense environment of nationwide protests against racism and police brutality with the backdrop of a pandemic have made Twitter, Instagram and Facebook especially dangerous for those who want to remain among the employed. (AP Photo)

Ill-considered posts lead to lost jobs amid protests, crisis

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Mississippi prosecutor suggests virus should spread in riots

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A demonstrator raises a fist in the air during a peaceful march in downtown New Orleans, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. They were protesting over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

False claims of antifa protesters plague small U.S. cities

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

Man accused of social media post encouraging people to riot

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President Donald Trump speaks after viewing the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station, at Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Facebook employees protest Trump policy: ‘We are making our voice heard’

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey leaves after his talk with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris, In this June 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

Online divisions: Twitter, Facebook diverge on Trump’s words

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds up a copy of the New York Post as speaks before signing an executive order aimed at curbing protections for social media giants, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Twitter and Trump: A feud years in the making finally erupts

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order Thursday, May 28, 2020 one that would strip those protections if those companies engaged in “editorial decisions” — like, for instance, adding a fact-check warning to one of Trump's tweets. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Twitter responds to Trump social-media executive order

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook shouldn’t be ‘arbiter of truth’ of online content

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Chairman Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., gavels during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing to discuss protecting scientific integrity in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Thursday, May 14, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Bill would block platforms from using microtargeted political ads

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 26, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Facebook ‘relies on white supremacists’ to keep users

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Pelosi says Trump’s social media executive order ‘does nothing’ to stop disinformation

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Those are the words President Donald Trump challenged in an executive order Thursday, May 28, 2020 one that would strip those protections if those companies engaged in “editorial decisions” — like, for instance, adding a fact-check warning to one of Trump's tweets. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

All about Section 230, a rule that made the modern internet

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Michelle Mullowney, center, of Minneapolis, calls for justice for George Floyd, outside the home of Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Minneapolis. The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for criminal charges against the white police officer seen on video kneeling against the neck of a handcuffed black man who complained that he could not breathe and died in police custody. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP)

False news swirls around Minneapolis officer in fatal arrest

By ALI SWENSON - Associated Press

This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app icon on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump’s threat to regulate social media draws mixed responses from conservatives banned from Twitter

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Appeals court sides with tech giants in activists’ lawsuit

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 25, 2020 frame from video provided by Darnella Frazier, Minneapolis police officer Dereck Chauvin kneels on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed man who was pleading that he could not breathe. (Darnella Frazier via AP) **FILE**

Derek Chauvin, Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd death, subject of false claims online

By Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Lawsuit: Kansas mayor deleted posts panning virus response

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Virtual workouts keep quarantined Delawarians moving

By TIM MASTRO and Delaware State News - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 10, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook remains in ‘arms race’ trying to prevent foreign election interference

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times