Tag: Social Media

Republican Utah governor Spencer Cox said on Sunday that he’s preparing to sue social media companies for causing harm to young children in the state. During an interview with the CBS program “Face The Nation,” on July 9, Mr. Cox said that “when you look at the new research that’s coming out, there’s not just a correlation between social media ...

Six tech companies have informed the European Commission that they met the criteria to be classified as “gatekeepers” under the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, TikTok, Meta, Microsoft, and Samsung now meet the thresholds under EU law after the passage of the new act, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on July 4. “Following our review process, official designation will ...

Anne Milgram, head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has said that social media companies haven’t been as cooperative as they could have in addressing the fentanyl crisis. “We have not until recently gotten nearly as much cooperation as we need,” she said on Sunday during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press.” Social media companies have to comply with ...

Over the last few decades, we’ve seen social media’s potential for good: bringing communities together, fostering innovative new ideas, and transforming our access to information. But we’ve also seen its dark side: addiction, violence, depression, loneliness, and self-harm. What role should social media play in our lives? Should tech companies have societal responsibilities? And what does a positive alternative look ...

Analysis To trust or not to trust—that is the question many of us ask when it comes to choosing our information today. Our choices can be so overwhelming that science wants to come to the rescue by adding extra buttons on social media postings. This comes after researchers from the University College London (UCL) conducted experiments by adding ‘trust’ and ...

Louisiana is the latest state to require persons under 18 years old to have their parents’ permission to create an online account. Over the past year, legislators across the country have been increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on the mental health of children, encouraging a wave of proposed online safety laws for minors. The Louisiana Legislature unanimously ...

Instagram’s algorithms connect a vast network of pedophiles, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered. An investigaton by the Stanford Internet Observatory’s chief technologist, David Thiel, research manager Renée DiResta, and director Alex Stamos discovered that a massive network of English-speaking social media accounts buy, sell, and share child sexual abuse ...

News Analysis The Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok has become increasingly scrutinized over reports of censoring anti-Beijing content, tracking users, and concerns that it hands user information to authorities in Beijing. A number of governments have escalated efforts to restrict access to the video app citing security concerns. Lawmakers in the United States, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have passed ...

The Chinese-owned TikTok’s proposal for remaining in the United States is no more than artful deception and hasn’t addressed its link to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to the House Homeland Security Committee chairman. “The token steps TikTok has taken are all smoke and mirrors, and the risks to Americans’ privacy and data security remain,” Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) ...

Two months after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), triggered by a social media-fuelled panic, banking executives across America are reevaluating their approach to online platforms. The crisis sparked a broad recognition of the impact of social media on the financial industry, prompting a renewed focus on risk management and mitigation. An array of strategies are now under development ...

A New York-based social media startup is seeking to set itself apart from mainstream tech practices by taking a strict stance on data privacy. The company is a minimalist when it comes to data collection, according to Nick Janicki, director of media relations at Gan Jing World, an entertainment platform established in the United States last July by former Silicon ...

A Maryland public school board said it is filing a legal claim against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, for negatively affecting the mental health of young students. Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) filed a nearly 200-page lawsuit against the social media companies for allegedly targeting children with apps that were designed to be addictive, reported Fox Business. School administrators ...

The American Psychological Association (APA) recommends parents actively engage in monitoring their teenage children’s social media activities and carefully consider their own use of social media in their children’s presence, according to its latest health advisory. Amid mounting concerns about how social media access to teenagers has led to rises in depression, anxiety, and self-harm, the national organization of psychologists ...