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Wednesday June 7th

Technology


DTH Photo Illustration. Banning social media apps, such as TikTok, could create challenges for academia.

Column: Leave TikTok researchers to their devices

"Earlier this month, Gov. Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 276, prohibiting the use of certain applications, including TikTok, on state devices. The concerns raised by researchers have made the next steps imperative: states must critically evaluate the actual risks of social media platforms, mitigate those risks to protect users and safeguard academic freedom as more than an afterthought."

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Aggregate images of what young participants (left panel) and old participants (right panel) think God looks like. Photo courtesy of Joshua Conrad Jackson.

What does God look like? You tell us.

UNC researchers recently published a study on what people think God's personality and appearance are. We talked with them about their findings, and then took to the streets to find out what the people of Chapel Hill think.

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