Two landmark court decisions this week in California and New Mexico are raising new questions about whether social media companies can be held legally responsible for harm tied to how their platforms work — and could influence a Nevada case targeting TikTok.

Snapchat had previously attempted to dismiss the case, but the Nevada Supreme Court ruled the lawsuit could continue. Across the country, Snapchat and other social media companies are in courts over similar issues of alleged harmful practice and its impacts on young people.

Social media platforms were used to help students plan anti-ICE protests at schools across the country this week, including right here in our valley.

New questions arise after a man, identified as Keith Castillo, is seen in viral videos handing out machetes, liquor, and cigarettes to unhoused individuals in New Orleans and Austin.

An aspiring influencer said he now regrets posting videos showing him handing out machetes to those who are unhoused, but welcomes the attention it is now bringing to him and his social media.

On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez’s comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first word aloud: “bad.” 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.

FOX5 discovered two separate social media posts this week showing one of Las Vegas’s 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.

You don't want your teen to “FAFO.” Or ... maybe you do, so they learn the consequences of their actions.