If You’re Trying To Join ISIS Through Twitter, The FBI Probably Knows About It

WASHINGTON — Twitter has been “very cooperative” with FBI agents looking into individuals affiliated with the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations that use the social network to organize and inspire people within the U.S. to commit terrorist acts, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday. Comey said many terrorist recruits first interact with overseas terrorists on Twitter. Affidavits filed by

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No, You Probably Won’t Get Addicted To Facebook

As social media use has surged, so too has research on its addictive potential and negative psychological impacts. A number of studies have suggested that social media — Facebook in particular — can co-opt brain circuits implicated in drug addiction. But according to new research, Facebook “addiction” is not only quite different from drug addiction in its effects on the

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