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Minnesota Law Requires Platforms to Monitor and Age-Estimate All Users
Minnesota just mandated that platforms spy on every user to figure out which ones are kids.
FTC Says Companies Can Collect Kids’ Personal Data, As Long As It’s Called “Age Verification”
The agency charged with enforcing the law that restricts children’s data collection just carved out an exception large enough to swallow the law itself.
New York City Sues Platforms Over Failure to Protect Minors, Raising Broader Privacy Concerns Around Age Verification Laws
New York’s lawsuit drills into tech giants’ negligence, but the real endgame could be a future where online anonymity is collateral damage.
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Supports Social Media Digital ID, Praised Facebook’s Censorship of Vaccine “Misinformation”
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat’s past stances on censorship, digital ID, and youth online.
MembersHow the “Think of the Children” Narrative Is Being Used To Crush Online Free Speech and Privacy
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US lawmakers play with the idea of social media ID verification, following proposals from other countries
A draft discussion bill hints at future proposals.
YouTube mass disables all comments on “Art Track” music videos, angering communities
Another crackdown on the comments section.
YouTube to start warning users when their comments “may be offensive to others”
More restrictions on the comments section.
YouTube tests new warning on “potentially offensive” comments
Another attack on the comments section.
MembersCreators will have to move away from the ad-supported business model to avoid censorship
? Big Tech’s sweeping censorship and use of its power is exposing the many perils of monetizing through ads.
The KIDS Act is a new bill designed to help kids but could severely impact YouTubers
Videos with an audience of kids could see engagement drop.
YouTube demonetizes and then remonetizes Technology Connections without saying why
YouTube isn’t very transparent with what’s happening behind the scenes.