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The Accolade

Oxford University Press, which named "brain rot" its Word of the Year, created this design on its website with words in the background relating to the other runner-up terms that are included in the shortlist.

Brain rot’s the sigma – earns 2024 Word of the Year honor from Oxford English Dictionary

Irene Park, News Editor March 11, 2025

“Selfie” in 2013. “Vape” in 2014. Then another four years later in 2018, “toxic.” And to join the list of Oxford English Dictionary’s annual Word of the Year for 2024 … “brain...

During times of crisis like the L.A. wildfires, people often repost Instagram Stories about news, whether it’s false, exaggerated or true.

CALL TO ACTION: Reposting about crises on social media proves ineffective

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor February 14, 2025

“Breaking News: L.A. goes up in flames.”  “Pray for L.A.” “Donate to the GoFundMe.” With every swipe, posts like these fill up social media feeds.  Whether a natural disaster...

California Senate Bill 976, which was passed Friday, Sept. 23, aims to prohibit internet service and applications from providing addictive feeds to minors and bans companies from sending notifications to minors at certain times.

LAW & ORDER: New state bill to protect minors from ‘addicting’ social media content, notifications at certain times

Kevin Lee, Assistant News Editor February 3, 2025

“Law & Order” explores passed bills relevant to teachers and students. What impact will these decisions have on the school? California Gov. Gavin Newsom passed into law Senate Bill [SB] 976,...

An artist’s interpretation of what happens if a minor tries to access certain types of Instagram content, which gets filtered by those operating the social media platform to protect underage teens from negative online behavior such as child grooming and cyberbullying. Besides this, Instagram has come up with five new policies that limit teens’ exposure to unknown accounts.

Instagram introduces stricter restrictions on teen accounts to enhance privacy and safety

Yena Oh, Sports Editor January 27, 2025

On Nov. 8, 2022, 21-year-old Michael Watson Jr. was arrested for his involvement in 13 rapes, four of which were minors, allegedly threatening his victims, who he met via Instagram, to post nude images...

As the world modernizes with technology, social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok branch out their influence on the younger generation, raising concerns about their negative effects on adolescents.

REFORMING SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram makes a step in the right direction with its new teen accounts

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor November 13, 2024

Social media’s rise in popularity among teenagers has subsequently sparked widespread public concern about its negative effects regarding harmful content and an addictive dependence on technology.  To...

Accolade Opinion editor junior Aashna Dialani (top left) and her family pose in front of the Mysore Palace in Karnataka, India, on Friday, July 26.

COLUMN: Dear India, thank you for the lesson well learned

Aashna Dialani, Opinion Editor August 29, 2024

Filth. That was the word I often heard while discussing the topic of India with my friends when I was around 14 years old. Although this conversation would only come up occasionally with people who...

With the potential passing of Senate Bill 976, teenagers will be able to find their way out of the social media-centered rabbit hole, leading to a more wholesome mental state.

Introduction of new state bill may lower social media addiction for teens

Ashley Kang, Business Manager & Spotlight Team Reporter June 3, 2024

Talks of social media restrictions for adolescents are nothing new in today’s society. From Florida’s Online Protections for Minors bill and the Utah Social Media Regulation Act, the recent influx...

Sophomore Isaac Gaxiola (right) takes a look at the top of the Uno card stack during his lunchtime game with his friends Monday, Oct. 30, in Room 138. The group has recently been spending the second half of the 30-minute lunch period playing what an online article calls "America's Favorite Game."

COLUMN: If only I were eligible to apply to be a ‘Chief Uno Player’ – and get paid $20K for it

Dareen Hagekhalil, Staff Reporter October 30, 2023

Uno has been around for 52 years. It’s a simple card game of numbers and colors with the objective of being the first player to get rid of all of the cards in his or her hand. Uno is easy enough for...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s introduction of Threads, aims to topple X, or Twitter, as the popular social media platform for posting news and other information.

COLUMN: X vs. Threads; when it comes to challengers, I choose the mainstays

Troy Yang, Staff Reporter October 13, 2023

Coke or Pepsi? Netflix or Disney+? Twitter or Threads? When it comes to choosing the establishment over the newcomer, I’m the kind of person who would choose the former. Like with many of my...

Starface pimple patches help sophomore Christine Yoo overcome insecurities about acne.

Sing it: Twinkle twinkle little patch

Christine Yoo, Managing Editor May 22, 2023

Peel. Stick.  Peel. Stick.  Peel. Stick.  I carefully remove the vibrant, yellow star from its thin plastic sheet, plaster it on the prominent sanguine bulge on my forehead and proceed to strip...

U.S. legislators have recently taken initiatives to ban the social media platform TikTok across the nation. This controversy has raised concerns ranging from user privacy to the promotion of Chinese communist propaganda.

TIK, TIK, TIK: By banning the app, U.S. government contradicts core American ideals

Giselle Suastegui, Feature Editor May 3, 2023

In February, a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon was spotted over U.S. waters, where the device wandered for seven days before being shot down by the military off the coast of South Carolina on...

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