The settlement calls for changes to Meta’s platforms but does not change the company’s surveillance-based business model
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It might seem quaint now but for many Facebook users, the introduction of this content algorithm felt like a violation of their privacy and trust.
The government is returning to some unfinished business: strengthening its social media age restrictions.
The agreement could mark a turning point for public policies on social media precisely because it addresses the architecture of the platforms themselves.
A lawyer who worked on a class action against tobacco makers says the Meta deal mirrors the playbook of Big Tobacco – and will cost only a few days’ revenue.
Major changes for TikTok and YouTube could be about to follow.
Meta’s settlement calls for several key design changes to protect teens, but how the states will verify and enforce the changes is a big question mark.
A loss for Meta may force it to redesign Facebook and Instagram – and not just for US users.
Often, when people talk about their pets, they are also talking about themselves — about the things they value and the experiences that shape who they are.
Paying for engaging content is not the same as intending to fund extremism, but it creates a risk that harmful content will benefit.
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
There is a risk this study will be leveraged by big tech platforms to exonerate themselves.
A study of over 6,000 posts by European football associations demonstrates that communities react very differently, depending on the type of diversity up for debate.
The full effects of the ban may not be clear for a decade.
MAP, NOMAP and 764 are among the coded terms that all speak to pedophilia. Here’s how families can stay ahead of the risk.
Intra-African trafficking, particularly through digital deception and aspirational manipulation, remains largely invisible.
Social media has changed the game for real estate advertising. But it creates new risks we need to manage carefully.
Political content on social media finds you even if you’re not looking for it, and it tends to do so through a sensationalized and emotionally charged lens.
‘Prophetpreneurship’ is a strategic blend of prophecy, charisma and business.
Users began downloading Upscrolled after a group of American investors acquired a majority stake in TikTok’s U.S. operations.
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