Sacha Baron Cohen has called out social media platforms for not blocking Russia’s state TV network amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine.In a post on Twitter, the actor criticised the CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, Google and YouTube – Mark Zuckerbeg, Parag Agrawal, Sundar Pichai and Susan Wojcick respectively – and urged them to remove the network RT from their platforms.“Putin just bombed a children’s hospital, but @Facebook, @Instagram, @Twitter & @YouTube are still showing Russia’s state-run RT,” Cohen wrote.“Why are you profiting off Putin’s propaganda?! Remove Russia RT from your platforms NOW!”Hey Mark, @paraga,@sundarpichai, @SusanWojcicki Putin just bombed a children’s hospital, but @Facebook, @instagram @Twitter & @YouTube are still showing Russia's state-run RTWhy are you profiting off Putin's propaganda?!Remove Russia RT from your platforms NOW! pic.twitter.com/W0wkWKAZpX— Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) March 9, 2022NME has reached out to representatives for all the respective companies.As posted on the updates blog for Meta – the rebrand of Facebook who also own Instagram – the company states they have restricted access to RT and Sputnik in Ukraine, the UK and across the EU.In an update on March 1, the blog reads: “In addition to restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU, we are now globally demoting content from Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts from Russian state-controlled media outlets and making them harder to find across our platforms. “We have also begun to demote posts that contain links to Russian state-controlled media websites on Facebook.
Would U Bribe Your Kid To Stay Off Social Media? This Mom Did!
24.02.2022 - 22:05 / perezhilton.com
Could this be the answer to every parent’s social media fears???
We don’t need to tell you that social media can be really toxic for young kids (and for everybody else, frankly). There’s plenty of research, evidence, and anecdotes out there about how it can affect a child’s development. Not to mention the occasional shocking true crime story!
But with so many app options out there — Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, and surely plenty more to come — it’s pretty hard to keep a kid sheltered from it all.
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Minnesota mom Lorna Klefsaas’s solution? Plain and simple bribery! She recently paid her son Sivert Klefsaas $1,800 for staying off social media in his formative years. Calling it the “18 for 18 challenge,” she promised her then-12-year-old son a big payday if he could resist the temptation until he came of age.
Of course, Gen Z is pretty plugged in, so you’d think it would be a tall order to keep a kid offline. But as it turns out, Sivert wasn’t difficult to convince! He told KARE 11:
Speaking with CNN, he added:
His momma agreed:
The challenge was inspired by a similar “16 for 16” social media challenge Lorna heard about on the radio. But more personally, it stemmed from watching one of her older daughters deal with social media drama, which led to Lorna confiscating her phone. She explained to KARE 11:
Sivert had a positive experience with his social media abstinence, noting to CNN that he avoided “all the unnecessary drama that was on there.” To KARE 11, he proudly stated:
Of course, once he got his reward, he did download Instagram. But “[there’s] definitely a learning curve,” he admitted to CNN. He joked to KARE 11:
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