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JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Florida AG Uthmeier sues TikTok for deceiving parents about safety and targeting kids

“TikTok’s success hinges on its ability to addict children and teenagers to the platform,” Uthmeier said. “TikTok knowingly deceives parents and allows children to be exposed to harmful and inappropriate content in direct violation of Florida law."

NEWSNATIONNOW (Jesse Weber) - AI helps screen overwhelming amount of data in search for UFOs: Avi Loeb

AI can analyze large datasets and use older data to recognize objects such as airplanes, balloons, drones and satellites, Loeb says.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Instagram algorithm pushes users toward antisemitic content, study finds

The study created two accounts, one interested in wellness and a second that was interested in fitness. Both personas were guided toward explicit antisemitic content, according to the study.

AXIOS (Josephine Walker) - TikTok's BookTok is turning pages into streaming gold

The BookTok community — ravenous readers who share reviews of their latest reads — is reshaping the streaming wars . Why it matters: Production studios are tuning in to influential creators and built-in fanbases, placing their bets on book adaptations to win viewers. What they're saying: "To me, it's a way of finding treasure," Hannah Griffiths, head of adaptations at independent production house Banijay, tells Axios. - "It's such a sophisticated readership...they've done a lot of the work for you by sifting and finding the good material." By the numbers: Nearly half of the original drama series that premiered on Netflix , Disney + and Amazon Prime Video from January 2024 to June 2025 were book adaptations, according to a March…

NPR (Rhitu Chatterjee) - Research points to how companies could make social media less addictive for teens

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly compelling and hard to resist for kids. There are growing calls to change it.