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Beginning Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, anyone under under 18 who signs up for Instagram will be placed into a teen account and those with existing accounts will be migrated over the next 60 days.
Meta’s own research that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers — especially girls — when it comes to mental health and body image issues.
Many of the features require minors — and their parents — to opt in, raising questions about how effective the measures are.
Anyone in the U.S. who has had a Facebook account at any time since May 24, 2007, can apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay.
Twitter also said it will only put warning labels on some tweets that are “potentially” in violation of its rules against hateful conduct. Previously, the tweets were removed.
The suit seeks to shatter Google’s alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.
The Tesla CEO is facing a class action lawsuit filed by Tesla investors alleging he misled them with a tweet saying funding was secured to take his company private — for $420 per share.
After an imposter account registered under the revamped Twitter Blue system tweeted that insulin was free, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. had to post an apology.
The company is contending with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
Since the 2016 election, the company has applied a test to political speech that weighs the newsworthiness of the content against its propensity to cause harm.
Donald Trump’s account was suspended after he was accused of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
For CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the past year has presented a series of humbling events that have picked away at his long-held assertion that Facebook is a worldwide force for good.
Efforts to crack down on vaccine misinformation are generating cries of censorship and prompting some posters to adopt sneaky tactics.
Unsurprisingly, it’s been easier for tech giants to act decisively on matters of public health than on politics.
A House subcommittee is investigating popular dating services such as Tinder and Bumble for allegedly allowing minors and sex offenders to use their services.