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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...
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...
Social media offers parents more controls. But do they help?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs concerns about social media's harmful effects on teens continue to rise, platforms from Snapchat...
Whistleblower accuses Twitter of cybersecurity negligence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwitter's former head of security alleged that the company misled regulators about its poor...
Zuckerberg 'ignored' executives on kids' safety, unredacted lawsuit alleges
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg "ignored" top executives who called for bolder actions and more resources...
Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe...
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...
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,...