Social Media

Teen Depression Rates

Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys

Tierra Whack calls on fans to create her outfits for her 2020 tour

Tierra Whack x Adobe fashion contest

Eagles' DeSean Jackson shares speedy practice video on Christmas

DeSean Practice Video

GLAAD calls for Facebook to remove misleading ads about HIV prevention drug PrEP

Truvada PrEP Facebook ads

Carson Wentz, wife Madison shoot a football with a rifle in wild gender reveal video

Carson Wentz gender reveal

A look at the crowdsourced #TwitterMomentsofTheDecade

Twitter reacts to the 100th Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia

100th Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia

President Trump roasted for tweet of himself as Philly icon Rocky Balboa

Trump Rocky

Temple professor Marc Lamont Hill goes semi-viral for reaction to dunk by Sixers' James Ennis

Temple professor Sixers game

Charles Barkley apologizes for 'unacceptable' comment to Axios reporter Alexi McCammond

Barkley Axios

Instagram expands its test hiding 'like' counts on posts to United States users

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Bryce Harper gets trolled after Nationals win World Series

The funniest reactions to the Joel Embiid-KAT fight: a pinky, angry mom and Jimmy Butler

Embiid Towns Scrum

Kevin Durant tells Donovan McNabb to 'relax' after former Eagles QB tweets about Brooklyn Nets

Kevin Hart releases video of life post-crash: 'I'm thankful for simply still being here'

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Instagram bans plastic surgery filters over mental health concerns

Instagram plastic

Children's Health

Teens are losing sleep over social media

teens sleep social media

Almost half of Americans take health, wellness advice from social media – but should we?

social media health advice

Will Smith reposts sneaker photo and singlehandedly revives debate about perceived color of shoes

Will Smith viral Vans sneaker

Rutgers bans student from Camden campus over 'disturbing' Facebook posts

Rutgers camden facebook posts

Will Smith talks staying fearful, bungee jumping, 'Gemini Man' on 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert'

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Photo shows squirrel's massive trove of walnuts found under hood of Pennsylvania car

Squirrel Pittsburgh

Enormous reticulated python found in Lancaster County, with a full stomach

Lancaster County python

Eagles' Jason Kelce, wife Kylie announce birth of daughter, Wyatt Elizabeth

Jason Kelce daughter wyatt

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson sang happy birthday to 100-year-old Philly woman

Dwayne the rock johnson philly birthday

Philadelphia Parking Authority accidentally sent porn to woman on Twitter DMs

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Cosmetic surgery and the secret world of Instagram dolls

Instagram Doll for Cosmetic Surgery

The Philadelphia Eagles' TikTok has all the behind-the-scenes locker room content you need

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This company will pay an Eagles fan $2,000 to be a Cowboys fan for the rest of the season

Carli Lloyd deodorant ad trolls Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans

Carli Lloyd tampa bay buccaneers

Vineland teacher under fire for Facebook comment about missing South Jersey girl's mother

Dulce Maria Alavez

Nelson Agholor responds to viral 'unlike Agholor' interview

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Gritty turns 1 and throws himself a surprise birthday party

Joel Embiid takes on the spicy Paqui 'One Chip Challenge', immediately regrets it

Joel Embiid spicy chip challenge

Stop calling the cops on spotted lanternflies ... and more from this week in Philly Twitter

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3 hours a day on social media hikes risk of mental health issues for teens, study finds

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Artie Lange announces he's seven months sober, out of rehab

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South Jersey Uber driver kicks gay couple out of car over sexual orientation

Uber driver kicks out gay couple

FOX29's Karen Hepp sues Facebook, Reddit for $10 million over sketchy photo

Karen Hepp

Why do Eagles fans always reply to the team's hype videos with super weird tweets?

Eagles fans twitter videos replies

Eagles 'Let's Fly' hype video has us ready for Sunday's season opener against Washington

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Children's Health

Facebook debuts new measure to halt spread of vaccine misinformation

Facebook Vaccine Info

On social media, more people are coming out about their depression

Depression and mental health on social media

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