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Saskatoon business Seven Sundays responds to backlash after sharing video of shoplifter
A Saskatoon business is facing backlash online after posting a video of a staff member dealing with a person who appeared to be stealing merchandise. In the video, shared to the Seven Sundays Tiktok a...
Mar 19, 2026 Seven Sundays boutique, located on Second Avenue in downtown Saskatoon. (Seven Sundays/Instagram)
Murray Wood: Social media shows how many people are racist - and seemingly proud of it
Murray Wood says people used to keep hateful views quiet, or at least hide under a pointed hood. But that's not the case on social media, including some sites here in Saskatchewan. Murray Wood deliver...
Mar 04, 2026
Sarah Mills: The perils of social media are indicated in a new ad playing in Ireland
Sarah Mills says a new commercial warning about the dangers of oversharing on social media should have all of us pausing for a bit of reflection before we post. The Mills Minute is a daily commentary ...
Mar 02, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mark Zuckerberg will testify in an unprecedented social media trial that questions whether Meta's platforms deliberately addict and harm children. Meta's CEO is expected to answer t...
Feb 18, 2026 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives for a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging app
Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp in the country, the company said, the latest move in an ongoing government effort to tighten control over the internet. A WhatsApp spokesperson said late W...
Feb 12, 2026 People look at their smartphones at a bus stop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Federal government agreed to set aside order to wind down TikTok's operations in Canada
The federal government agreed to set aside its decision ordering the wind-down of TikTok's Canadian operations. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada confirmed in a statement that the Fe...
Jan 22, 2026 A user edits a social media video on the TikTok app on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Bucyrus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI images
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, as concerns grew among glo...
Jan 12, 2026 Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Sarah Mills: Who determines what is and isn't offensive?
Social media has created a pool of offended people who would happily silence anything that offends them, but Sarah Mills wants to know who gets to decide what qualifies as offensive? The Mills Minute ...
Jan 02, 2026
Complaint 'emboldened' Saskatoon accused to post more anti-Semitic content
A Jewish human rights organization is speaking out on the dangers of online hatred following a recent Saskatoon arrest. On Dec. 17, the Saskatoon Police Service (SPS) arrested 45-year-old Brandon Tayl...
Dec 19, 2025 Richard Robertson with B'nai Brith Canada said social media posts, like those of Brandon Taylor Moore (pictured) have "real world consequences, as we've seen of late in Sydney and in our own country." (LetsGoBrando45/X.com)
Australia's social media ban leaves a 15-year-old worried about losing touch with friends
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep ranch, doesn't know how he'll keep in touch with his circle of far-flung friends once Australia's world-firs...
Dec 09, 2025 Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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