BYU messaging, a social media crackdown and a new cancer treatment on ‘Behind the Headlines’

Salt Lake Tribune reporters join the weekly news roundup.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students walk between classes on the BYU campus in Provo on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The school is urging its faculty to better align their teaching and research with Church principles of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

| February 2, 2023, 5:36 p.m.

Brigham Young University faculty members are encouraged to better align their teaching and research with the principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A bill to regulate social media companies and minors’ access to these apps receives unanimous committee approval from the Utah Legislature. And a promising new therapy uses a person’s own cells as a weapon against cancer.

At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Tamarra Kemsley, Alixel Cabrera and Sofia Jeremias, along with columnist Robert Gehrke, join Utah Public Radio’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories.

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