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These Grieving Parents Want Congress to Protect Children Online
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWASHINGTON — Deb Schmill has become a fixture on Capitol Hill. Last week alone, she visited the...
How Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Failed Children on Safety
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoIn April 2019, David Ginsberg, a Meta executive, emailed his boss, Mark Zuckerberg, with a proposal to research and reduce loneliness and compulsive use...
Banning TikTok won’t solve social media’s foreign influence, teen harm and data privacy problems
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIt's not just TikTok. Solen Feyissa/Flickr, CC BY-SA When President Joe Biden signed a US$95 billion...
Social media empowers disinformation operations. What can the EU do about it?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBrussels has started to recognise that social media platforms are not just digital town squares, but...
EU Competition Chief Margrethe Vestager At SXSW – “We Care About Safety In Physical Products, We...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe Europe’s Margrethe Vestager, one of the world’s most powerful and proactive regulators, has made...
Facebook whistleblower, AI godfather join hundreds calling for deepfake regulation
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFacebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and one...
Senate poised to pass biggest piece of tech regulation in decades
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAfter months of negotiations, senators announced Thursday that a sprawling bill to expand...
Lawmakers love to talk about the addiction and the evil of social media. What’ll they do?
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA viral post by Elmo from “Sesame Street” was a pleasant throwback this week to the once-common,...
4 takeaways from a heated hearing with tech CEOs
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSenators grilled the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord and X Wednesday in a heated hearing about harm posed to teens and kids online. Meta CEO Mark...
Meta, TikTok and other social media CEOs testify in heated Senate hearing on child exploitation
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Wednesday, the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the Senate...