U.S. senator Tom Cotton accused Singaporean TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew of ties to the Chinese government at a hearing about online child safety.
Senate hearing with five social media CEOs was a missed opportunity
Five social media CEOs were sworn in on Wednesday for what could have been the most eventful children’s online safety hearing yet. But even with some of tech’s […]
Instagram confirms test of ‘Flipside,’ a feature that turns ‘finstas’ into an official product
Instagram head Adam Mosseri confirmed the company is testing a feature called Flipside — an experiment that would essentially turn users’ “finstas” — their separate, private, and more […]
Ahead of Congressional hearing on child safety, X announces plans to hire 100 moderators in Austin
X, formerly Twitter, is trying to placate lawmakers about the app’s safety measures ahead of a Big Tech Congressional hearing on Wednesday, which will focus on how companies […]
ChatGPT is violating Europe’s privacy laws, Italian DPA tells OpenAI
OpenAI has been told it’s suspected of violating European Union privacy, following a multi-month investigation of its AI chatbot, ChatGPT, by Italy’s data protection authority. Details of the […]
Meta no longer allows strangers to message teen accounts, by default
Meta announced another round of updated parental control and minor account settings, including messaging filters that limit strangers from DM’ing minors — less than a week before its child safety Senate hearing.
EU dials up attention on larger platforms over data access for risk research
The European Commission has sent requests for information (RFI) to a full 17 platforms subject to algorithmic transparency regulations under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), it said […]
Instagram’s new ‘nighttime nudges’ aim to reduce teens’ time on the app
Instagram is introducing new nighttime nudges for teen accounts to limit their time on the app, the company announced on Thursday. The new nighttime nudges will appear when […]
Unredacted Meta documents reveal ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children
Internal Meta documents about child safety have been unsealed as part of a lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Department of Justice against both Meta and its CEO, […]