New York City issues a public health advisory officially designating social media as an “environmental toxin”, blaming it for a youth mental health crisis
but NYC needs to go even further X: Mayor Eric Adams / @nycmayor : Social media companies are fueling a mental health crisis, especially for our young people. But we won't let Big Tech endanger our ki...
Bipartisan House bill would force tech platforms to offer an “input-transparent algorithm” that doesn't require user data to generate recommendations
letting all kinds of awful content flow, and saying “the law won't let us hide hate anymore!” (You know they'd do this.) Anil Dash / @anildash : More broadly, this class of solutions to tech tend to i...
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
when we—allow crime among elites and the powerful it doesn't just go away. It comes back, stronger and more abusive. Which is why we can't let Facebook, the Sacklers, or Trump, get away with saying th...
It took decades to bring meaningful government regulation for Big Tobacco and experts say it could take an equally long time to regulate Big Tech
If what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, the road ahead is likely to be a yearslong battle over proposed rules and regulations.
Alibaba tells investors that years-long government tax breaks for the internet industry, sources say amounting to a preferential 10% rate, are coming to an end
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg : Tweets: @oceanialeader and @pingroma Tweets: Andrew Bodrov / @oceanialeader : https://www.bloomberg.com/... China started from tutoring sector and online games. Tobacco, l...
Facebook partners with CBSE, an Indian government education body, to launch a certified curriculum on AR and digital safety for students and teachers in India
Manish Singh / TechCrunch : Tweets: @anjakovacs , @mikebutcher , @hackylawyer , @anivar , @chrisinsilico , and @smerrells Tweets: Anja Kovacs / @anjakovacs : Facebook is partnering with CBSE to launc...
Facebook says it will ban any branded content, including influencers' posts, promoting tobacco products, vaping, or weapons on Facebook and Instagram
Megan Graham / CNBC :