One Tech Tip: Using Instagram’s new teen account settings to supervise young users
LONDON — Worried about your teen’s Instagram use? Faced with growing pressure to do more to stop online harm, the social media platform has rolled out a major new update…
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Parents will have to set aside some earnings for child influencers under new California laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Parents in California who profit from social media posts featuring their children will be required to set aside some earnings for their minor influencers under a pair…
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X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders, sources say
SAO PAULO — In the high-stakes showdown between the world’s richest man and a Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Elon Musk blinked. Musk’s social media site X has complied with Alexandre…
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Google expert at antitrust trial says government underestimates competition for online ad dollars
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal regulators who say Google holds an illegal monopoly over the technology that matches online advertisers to publishers are vastly underestimating the competition the tech giant faces,…
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Meta hit with $102 million privacy fine from European Union over 2019 password security lapse
LONDON — Meta was punished Friday with a fine worth more than $100 million from the social media giant’s European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving passwords for…
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