Faulty court filing redactions: TikTok executives were unconcerned with the harms the app poses for US teenagers, despite internal research validating concerns
and Its Executives Knew All Along Chase DiBenedetto / Mashable : TikTok execs know exactly how many videos it takes to get addicted to its platform Nehal Malik / iPhone in Canada Blog : TikTok Knew Ab...
A US FTC report on the data practices of Meta, YouTube, TikTok, and six other companies finds “vast surveillance” of consumers to monetize their information
and the ingestion of personal information—to power their services - Companies generally fed extensive amts of personal info into their automated systems /10 [image] Jon von Tetzchner / @jonsvt : This ...
A US appeals court largely upholds a ruling blocking the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, finding parts of the law likely violate the First Amendment
making decisions based on evidence, not claims.https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Nora Benavidez / @attorneynora : Breaking news: the Ninth Circuit just ruled that California Age appropriate Design C...
A deep dive into Reddit's history and the power of its 60K+ unpaid moderators, based on interviews with 60+ current and former mods, employees, and contractors
mods and Reddit employees, current and former—to document the company's very bumpy history in unprecedented detail. By @peard33 @RobertHPeck https://www.wired.com/... Paresh Dave / @peard33 : Seven mo...
Experts criticize Koko, a mental health nonprofit, for directing some at-risk users on Facebook, Tumblr, Discord, and other platforms to a chatbot for a study
which was a Typeform-generated survey that presented users with a quiz with GIFs of a cat and dog. https://www.vice.com/... @motherboard : If a user's response indicated that they were at risk, they w...
Social media's emerging “pay-to-play” model turns functionality that users expect for free, like security, visibility, and technical support, into premium items
Yesterday, Twitter announced … Jason / JYAS : Reels did not do it, but Instagram finally made me cringe Wall Street Journal : Would You Pay for Social Media? Meta, Twitter and Snap Want to Find Out Ma...
Some US students say colleges are factoring in their social media posts about subjects like mental health and body positivity during the admission process
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : Tweets: @film_girl , @marshacollier , @kari_paul , @mattnavarra , and @washingtonpost Tweets: Christina Warren / @film_girl : On the one hand, I think it is utterly m...
Some US students say hiring managers and college admissions officers are holding their social media content around subjects like mental health against them
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : Tweets: @marshacollier , @kari_paul , @mattnavarra , @washingtonpost , @taylorlorenz , and @tatum_hunter_ Tweets: Marsha Collier / @marshacollier : TikTok loves true ...
A look at the presentiment that social media is bad for society, as some researchers find the fears are overstated and others warn about effects on individuals
There's a general sense that it's bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers. Tweets: @brendannyhan , @kreissdaniel , @sivavaid , @kreissdaniel , @ayshardzn ,...
Canada proposes the creation of a digital safety commissioner role to oversee violations of new harmful online content rules and issue penalties to platforms
On this page — Module 1: A new legislative and regulatory framework for social media platforms One Degree : One Degree Friday July 30 2021 Anja Karadeglija / montrealgazette : Federal online harms bi...