Benjamin Morse In The News

Associated Press
On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez鈥檚 comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: 鈥渂ad.鈥 It was from a graphic novel. There was irony in that being his first word, because Lopez credits comic books with many positive things in his life. That is why he supports repealing a city ordinance dating back to 1949 that bars the distribution of many comic books to kids and teens. It is not enforced today.
K.V.V.U. T.V. Fox 5
FOX5 discovered two separate social media posts this week showing one of Las Vegas鈥檚 most iconic venues on fire, but both videos were fake and created using artificial intelligence. The discovery highlights how artificial intelligence is making fake news posts increasingly difficult to distinguish from legitimate breaking news, according to a digital media expert who warns the days of taking news at face value are over.
Today
You don't want your teen to 鈥淔AFO.鈥 Or ... maybe you do, so they learn the consequences of their actions.
The New Yorker
How our ideas about point of view got all turned around.
K.N.P.R. News
In just over 10 weeks, TikTok could be banned in the United States unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to a non-Chinese owner. The debate surrounding the app鈥檚 future is fueled by concerns over national security, with lawmakers fearing it could be used by the Chinese government for surveillance or political interference.
Healthline
Addressing health misinformation online is a complex topic that is often framed as a battle between free speech and censorship. Some claim that restricting information about health topics violates the first amendment, while others argue that the government and social media platforms must do more to clamp down on false and potentially harmful health topics.
Healthline
Following the death of her son, a mom is warning others about the 鈥渂lackout challenge鈥 (also known as the 鈥渃hoking challenge鈥), a dangerous viral TikTok trend.
Today
Yeet: A fluffy slang word with two definitions. Kids are using 鈥測eet鈥 to express themselves in two ways, according to Merriam-Webster. Yeet is a verb that means to throw something hard without caring if it breaks and is an expression of excitement.