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When toddler friends Finnegan and Maxwell were caught on camera running to hug each other on the street, their parents knew they were seeing a special moment. Their dads Daniel McKenna and Alex Hanson join LX News to discuss why the viral video touched a chord and Stacy Igel, the founder and creative designer of the athleisure clothing brand ‘Boy...

The leaders of four civil rights groups called for advertisers to continue boycotting Facebook on Tuesday after a meeting with the company’s top executives that left them feeling unconvinced of the social media giant’s commitment to stopping hate speech.

Social companies like Facebook and Twitter are starting to take action against hate speech and misinformation on their platforms. But NBC News technology reporter Brandy Zadrozny says it will take more than their current whack-a-mole approach to solve the problem.

Melissa Fleming, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, explains the effort to combat coronavirus misinformation online by asking people to pause and think about content before they share it.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, says Facebook needs to do more to clamp down on hate speech on its platform, including de-amplifying some of the worst users, providing more support to users who are victimized and putting more civil rights leaders in positions of authority.

Katelyn Schwindt, 27, was reported missing Thursday; She was later located in Escondido in good health and told police that her being reported missing was a misunderstanding.

Katelyn Schwindt, 27, was reported missing Thursday; she last told friends she had visited Pala Casino in San Diego’s North County, reports NBC 7’s Alexis Rivas.

Mini-influencer Jayde Gardner and her mother Kerry answer questions about their recent social media success and discuss Jayde’s love of her make-up tutorial videos.

Caroline Prokos is one of thousands of young people who use social media and YouTube to share their personal struggles with mental health and anxiety to help others coping with the same issues.

The Instagram account “Black in PUSD” is getting a lot of attention. It was created by two Poway students who say they really want to show the community the discrimination a lot of students of color are experiencing.

An Instagram account is featuring Poway students’ experiences of racial discrimination at school. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes spoke to the creators who requested to remain anonymous.

Social media giant TikTok has exploded in popularity with an estimated 800 million active users worldwide but an increasing number of black creators are coming forward saying TikTok is suppressing their content.

An increasing number of Black creators on the TikTok app are coming forward saying the platform is suppressing their content.

Young people are using social media to call out or expose racist behavior by their peers. A recent New York Times article mentioned San Marcos High School as one of several schools across the nation whose students are taking part in the growing trend. Recent San Marcos graduate Oseas Garcia, part of a generation that grew up with a phone…

Facebook removed 88 ads Thursday posted by the accounts of President Donald Trump, the Trump campaign and Vice President Mike Pence that the social media giant said were “violating our policy against organized hate.”

Elizabeth Sullivan, a U.S. Navy wife and mother of two living in San Diego, vanished in mid-October 2014. Almost exactly two years to the date of her disappearance, her body was found floating in the water near Liberty Station. Here’s a look at major moments in her case.

NBC 7s Jackie Crea spoke to a recent high school graduate about the growing trend.

Darius Brown, 12, has two big passions: bow ties and animals. So the Newark, New Jersey, resident helps shelter pets dress for success by donating his one-of-a-kind bow ties to rescue organizations across the country. “It helps the dog look noticeable, very attractive,” he told TODAY. “It helps them find a forever, loving home … I love everything about dogs and cats.”

Twitter has removed a vast network of accounts that it says is linked to the Chinese government and was pushing false information favorable to the country’s communist rulers. Beijing denied involvement Friday and said the company should instead take down accounts smearing China.