Shannon Bond
Stories
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Senators aim to rewrite child safety rules on social media
The bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act comes amid mounting frustration in Washington that apps like Instagram and YouTube aren't doing enough to protect their youngest users.
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Meta's Market value plummets by $200 billion as Facebook user base declines
Investors wiped more than $200 billion of the market value of Facebook owner Meta after the company warned of weaker advertising growth and reported its first-ever decline in daily users.
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What the Joe Rogan podcast controversy says about the online misinformation ecosystem
More than a thousand health professionals are calling on Spotify to crack down on COVID-19 falsehoods aired on the podcast of the company's most popular host.
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Kicked off Facebook and Twitter, far-right groups lose online clout
In the year since the January 6th Capitol attack, far-right influencers and extremists are taking new approaches to organizing online.
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2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why
Social media companies will feel pressure from Washington, European regulators and even their own users over kids' safety and privacy, competition and election-related misinformation.
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Facebook bans 7 'surveillance-for-hire' companies that spied on 50,000 users
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram says the firms used its platforms to spy on human rights activists, government critics, celebrities and journalists in more than 100 countries.
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Far right is using Twitter's new policy against extremism researchers and activists
Twitter recently launched a new policy in the U.S. to limit the sharing of photos and videos of people without their consent. Activists on the left say it limits public interest reporting.
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Instagram unveils new teen safety tools ahead of Senate hearing
Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app's head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram's potential risks to kids and teens.
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Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO; Parag Agrawal succeeds him
He'll continue to head Square, the financial payments service. Dorsey has been criticized for leading both companies at once.
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Facebook will examine whether it treats Black users differently
Black users, and even some of the company's own employees, have accused the social media giant of racial bias for years.