Facebook shares two annotated internal research docs about Instagram's impact on teen mental health, after being notified of WSJ's plans to publish the docs
accusing the company of putting profits ahead of children's wellbeing and concealing the harms that its apps pose to young people. The hearing came days after Facebook “paused” work on an app for kids...
An in-depth look at Lifeline, an underused US program to help low-income people pay their phone and internet bills, which has been mismanaged for years
how the federal Lifeline program has failed by @TonyRomm https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Tony Romm / @tonyromm : NEW: The U.S. government's primary program to help low-income Americans pay their p...
In an internal memo, FTC exec director said the agency will cut costs, freeze hiring, and lower IT spending, even as Congress pushes for action against Big Tech
Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Tweets: @kantrowitz , @wbm312 , @wbm312 , @jeffhauser , @wbm312 , @jesselehrich , @lam_barrett , and @kantrowitz Tweets: Alex Kantrowitz / @kantrowitz : News: An in...
Sources: US House report investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook's power has been delayed as Democrats and Republicans are split on the remedies
Good morning! This Wednesday, let's take a deep breath … Karl Bode / Techdirt : Stop Pretending The Trump GOP Genuinely Cares About Monopoly Power Reuters : U.S. House antitrust findings on Big Tech ...
Sources: the White House is considering Nathan Simington, an NTIA advisor who is said to have helped draft Trump's social media EO, as the next FCC commissioner
Trump's next FCC pick is far more eager to regulate the internet than most conservative telecom policy people have been comfortable with in the past https://www.theverge.com/... Lindsey Barrett / @lam...
Internal postings show Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, supported “strongman” Modi's party before he was elected in 2014 and disparaged its main rival
and never spoke up about blatant election misconduct on the platform. This is FB India, but it matters here, too. https://www.wsj.com/... Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Reminder: What happens with Facebo...
France is hypocritical to ask Google and Apple to ease their privacy protections for a French contact-tracing app, while being such a vocal critic of big tech
We keep trying to explain to people that privacy is always about trade-offs, and arguing for privacy laws that protect “privacy” … Tweets: @alecstapp , @alexstamos , @lam_barrett , @pegobry , @alexher...
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Zoom's popularity has taken off … Tweets: Brad Lander / @bradlander : This is a terrible decision @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor. Our teachers, students, and families have put in massive amounts of work t...
Some warehouse workers say Amazon isn't doing enough to limit the spread of coronavirus within its fulfillment centers and demand additional protections
but isn't giving them enough time to do so, says worker Jonathan Bailey. The nearest bathroom is a 2-3 minute walk each way, reducing the amount of time workers have to meet company shipping expectati...
An EU report, circulated among EU and national officials in November 2019, calls for the creation of a network of national police facial recognition databases
some lawful, others that violate human rights...” #Surveillance #PoliceState #SiliconValley #Snowden https://21stcenturywire.com/ ... Wolfie Christl / @wolfiechristl : “A report drawn up by the nation...