Snapchat on Tuesday announced a new suite of safety features, including updates to its account blocking functionality and enhanced friending safeguards, making it difficult for strangers to contact […]
Snap recalls discontinued Pixy drone over fire risk
Snap and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are recalling the company’s discontinued Pixy drone and telling owners to stop using it or charging the batteries because of […]
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is Singaporean, not Chinese. Somebody please convince Senator Tom Cotton.
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 […]
Elon Musk’s X comes out in favor of pro-censorship law
Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, X CEO Linda Yaccarino spoke out in support of a law that critics deem pro-censorship.
Snap CEO says 20 million U.S. teens use Snapchat, but only 200,000 parents use its Family Center controls
During today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on kids’ online safety, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel shared that 20 million teenagers use Snapchat in the United States and that around […]
Microsoft, X throw their weight behind KOSA, the controversial kids’ online safety bill
On the eve of Wednesday’s big tech hearing (both big tech and a big hearing — five CEOs are testifying as we speak), Microsoft stepped up to back […]
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.
Snapchat now lets parents restrict their teens from using the app’s ‘My AI’ chatbot
Snapchat is introducing new parental controls that will allow parents to restrict their teens from interacting with the app’s AI chatbot. The changes will also allow parents to […]