Lawmakers weigh social media guardrails for minors
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes makes the case for imposing restrictions on how minors interact with social media apps.
Education promoted as key to healthy social media habits
Assemblymember Monica Wallace makes the case for creating a school curriculum on navigating social media usage
Big tech balks at legislating social media controls for minors
Tech:NYC founder Julie Samuels argues against legislation in New York limiting social media access for minors.
1st amendment rights alive and well on social media
New York Civil Liberties Union's Daniel Lambright discusses the practice of government social media accounts blocking users.
Social media and the first amendment
We consider whether the state Senate's official Twitter account can legally block users and hide reply tweets.
Feb. 5, 2020: Social media backlash to bail changes
The changes to the state’s bail laws passed by the state legislature last year have become a hot button issue in Albany and across the state. Washington County Sheriff Jeff Murphy was in studio to discuss his “Repeal
Media literacy campaign eyes education in schools
A media literacy advocacy coalition is pushing legislation for the 2022 session that would update school curricula.
Protecting online data from police scrutiny
Bills at the Capitol would protect online data from broad records requests and fake social media accounts.
State marijuana regulators ask TikTok for content leeway
TikTok has stymied the state's effort to share marijuana messaging on the social media site.
New York to get windfall in Meta settlement
State Sen. Andrew Gounardes talks about how New York should spend a financial settlement with Facebook's parent company.
