MORGANTOWN — The state Senate passed its version of the TikTok ban bill on Wednesday and sent it over to the House, where its bill awaits Judiciary […]
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House and Senate TikTok bans move forward; House committee approves Senate car inspection bill moving them to every two years
MORGANTOWN – A House committee on Tuesday gave its blessing to a Senate bill to change vehicle inspections to every two years, and approved the House version […]
Senate Judiciary tweaks and approves governor’s bill to ban TikTok from all government devices
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the governor’s TikTok ban bill. SB 426 says the Chief Information Security Officer will develop standards regarding […]
TikTok needs to leave these shores
I’ve wiled away the half-hours on TikTok, time I’ll never get back. I won’t say there haven’t been moments. I’ve seen some super breakdancing, useful cleaning tricks […]
COVID cases, hospitalizations on the rise again; Justice plans TikTok ban, orders state preparedness for coming winter storm
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday’s COVID briefing from the governor’s office was plagued with technical glitches but the topics of increased hospitalizations, a TikTok ban and the coming winter […]
Sen. wants to ban TikTok on state devices
CHARLESTON — The question of cracking down on TikTok, the social media sensation with controversial ties to China, has come to West Virginia. Senate Majority Whip Ryan […]
Meta smear campaign co-opted local papers
The Washington Post was the first to report that Meta (Facebook’s parent company) had hired the right-wing consulting firm Targeted Victory to run a smear campaign against […]
We are all witnesses
by Steven Roberts “Many are calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the TikTok war,” reports CNN. New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman announces, “Welcome to World War Wired […]
Disruptive behavior is on the rise
by Melissa Schlinger This past fall, my 14-year-old son, Will, came home from school and told me that some of his fellow students had participated in a […]
Mon Schools superintendent: TikTok can’t keep you out of trouble
These days, Eddie Campbell Jr. makes his living as superintendent of Monongalia County Schools. He was a high school principal before that. During Tuesday night’s meeting of […]