Meta’s ‘bonfire’ of safety policies a danger to children, charity says
The Molly Rose Foundation has warned social media risks becoming a haven for harmful content if safety regulation is not ...
If Perplexity AI Can’t End The TikTok Ban, Here’s What Brands Can Do
Whether TikTok stays with Perplexity AI's backing or goes, without that juicy algorithm ByteDance doesn’t seem willing to ...
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Should Virginia pass laws to protect kids from addictive social media?
Several bills, including those aimed at curbing addictive social media feeds and restricting usage during late-night hours, ...
Virginia subcommittee kills parental consent social media bill
A house subcommittee has effectively killed a bill from Delegate Josh Thomas (D-Prince William) that would have required ...
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VA House subcommittee kills bill that would have required parental consent for kids to use “addictive” social media feeds
A house subcommittee has effectively killed a bill from Delegate Josh Thomas (D-Prince William) that would have required ...
US judge in Facebook data privacy case rejects class action bid
A federal judge in California has refused to allow millions of Facebook users to band together as a class in a lawsuit ...
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Online platforms risk becoming ideological echo chambers that undermine meaningful dialogue
There has recently been a shift online from centralized platforms like X (formerly Twitter) to decentralized alternatives ...
Meta, X, TikTok And YouTube Remove People-Smuggling Accounts
The U.K.'s National Crime Agency has said it's made big progress in stamping out accounts linked to people-smuggling on Meta, ...
Meta employees split on decision to dump DEI, survey finds
In a Jan. 10 memo to employees, Meta’s vice president of HR announced the social media conglomerate was disbanding its DEI ...
JD Vance says big tech firms still ‘very much on notice’ for censoring conservatives: ‘Face the consequences’
Vance told CBS’s “Face the Nation that the Trump administration is prepared to act if tech giants continue practices ...
Wall Street sinks as investors weigh China challenge to US dominance in AI. Nvidia tumbles 10%.
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is tumbling on fears the big U.S. companies that have feasted on the artificial-intelligence ...
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Trump’s order on censorship: victory for free speech or assault on reality?
Donald Trump’s official order to end “government censorship” sounds solid – free speech is vital in democracies, after all. But it’s not so simple, experts say.