Don’t Let Fearmongering Derail a New Law That Has Real Teeth to Protect Kids’ Privacy
By: Gizmondo August 9, 2022 For two decades, we have watched as the tech sector rose from quirky start-ups – many of which originated here in the state of California – to global behemoths with the power to entertain, inform, manipulate, addict, and destabilize at an individual, local, and global scale. Some of those hurt […]
Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls
By: NY Times August 9, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content. Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, said in a blog post that its new tools would let parents see whom their teenagers were […]
This Is the Data Facebook Gave Police to Prosecute a Teenager for Abortion
By: Vice August 9, 2022 A 17-year-old girl and her mother have been charged with a series of felonies and misdemeanors after an apparent medication abortion at home in Nebraska. The state’s case relies on evidence from the teenager’s private Facebook messages, obtained directly from Facebook by court order, which show the mother and […]
How Facebook Helped Axios Sell For $500 Million
By: Vox August 9, 2022 Axios is an against-the-grain success story: a five-year-old media startup, backed by venture capital, that succeeded journalistically and financially. Which is why it has been able to sell itself for more than $500 million to Cox Enterprises. But there’s something else unusual about Axios, at least compared to most media companies: […]