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As Trump co-opts Big Tech, governors must protect kids and democracy. I will. | Opinion
On her watch as New Jersey governor, Rep. Mikie Sherrill pledges to make kids' online safety and our democracy top priorities ...
Meta vs. FTC: Judge Rejects Meta’s Bid To Throw Out Case Early
The FTC wants to prove Meta has a monopoly over personal social networking, so it wouldn’t view video app TikTok as a ...
Meta Condemned As Ad For Wedding Suits Appears On Child Exploitation Video
A Facebook ad promoting “wedding day essentials” and “best priced suits” has sparked backlash after being paired with a ...
Here’s What Meta Argued to Fend Off Monopoly Claims in Landmark Trial
The social media company called only a handful of witnesses as it sought to prove it helped Instagram and WhatsApp after ...
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Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg Spent Over $60 Billion Quietly Creating a New ‘Massive Economy’ Worth What ‘Could Be Trillions’
CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined a bold vision: by the end of the decade, the company aimed to have around a billion people in ...
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US State Department doubles down on criticism of EU’s DSA
The DSA became applicable in 2024, forcing online platforms to address illegal and harmful online content and disinformation.
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‘Meta must be held liable for Facebook abuse that killed my father’
Lawsuit on ‘failure to tackle hate’ to go ahead as judge dismisses tech giant’s claim that it can’t be sued in Kenya ...
Meta hypes AI friends as social media’s future, but users want real connections
Meta declined to comment further on the company's vision for social media's future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that "the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality," claiming that it ...
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Can crowdsourced fact-checking curb misinformation on social media?
Meta shut down their professional factchecker program and replaced it with Community Notes. What does this mean for the ...
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and ...
Gen Z users and a dad tested Instagram Teen Accounts. Their feeds were shocking.
Meta promised parents it would shield teens from harmful content. Tests by young users and our tech columnist dad find it fails spectacularly in important ways.
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Report finds social media platforms are failing to protect LGBTQ+ people from hate
The Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) by GLAAD is used as a way to measure the level of exposure LGBTQ+ individuals have to ...