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“Simply staggering” surveillance conducted by social media and streaming services, FTC finds

September 20, 2024 - The FTC published a report about the ways social media and video streaming services collect and use our data

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“No social media ’til 16,” and other fixes for a teen mental health crisis, with Dr. Jean Twenge: Lock and Code S04E10

May 6, 2024 - This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Dr. Jean Twenge about smartphones, social media, and a teen mental health crisis.

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Meta to abandon social media tracking tool CrowdTangle

March 27, 2024 - Meta will retire social media tracking tool CrowdTangle in August 2024, which is awkward timing given the amount of important elections this year.

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News | Privacy

Social media influencers targeted by identity thieves

March 19, 2024 - Social media influencers are attractive targets for identity thefs. Not just for their bank accounts but also to influence their followers

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“You have blood on your hands.” Senate Committee calls for action by social media giants to protect children online

February 1, 2024 - In a hearing with the CEOs of the five most used social media platforms the Senate Judiciary Committee found common ground for the need to protect children online

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Social media giants to testify over failing to protect kids

December 4, 2023 - US senators issued subpoenas for the CEOs of five social media giants to testify over their "failure to protect children online".

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Social media bots

Short bio A bot, also known as a zombie, automatically performs a task or set of tasks usually under the command...

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Consumer privacy and social media

January 25, 2023 - Looking at the privacy related stories of 2022, it’s not hard to see that much of the focus was on the social...

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Meta finds connection between rogue social media campaign and members of US military

November 24, 2022 - Whenever you hear tales of bogus social media campaigns shut down by major services, the inevitable follow up report almost always...

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Personal

5 things to teach your kids about social media

September 21, 2022 - With children now back at school, it’s time to think about social media, and their use of it. Are they already...

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