In an emotionally charged Senate hearing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized to families of child abuse victims, acknowledging the gravity of the harm caused by social media platforms. The session, which included executives from TikTok, X, Snap, and Discord, underscored lawmakers’ desperation to implement new protections for children online.
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In the ever-changing world of technology, news, and media, one mantra seems constant: misinformation. COVID-19, the Presidential Election of 2020, and very recently, the conflicts in the Middle East, have brought misinformation to the front of the minds of many.
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After Elon Musk took over Twitter/X, there’s been a rise of companies and brands leaving. There’s current evidence to these claims and reasonings for their leave from the huge social media giant.
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In the past, blue checkmarks were used to indicate the legitimacy of an account under a well-known name. This was given to sports teams, governments, journalists, and most people with any “celebrity status”. It was viewed as a real badge of pride for it meant that, at the very least, your name was under some threat of being impersonated.
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Despite this aura of levity that the general population has of the app, this rise has always been closely eyed by U.S. lawmakers. The main issue for officials is the massive amount of data on the U.S. population that the app has stored, and whose hands this data might fall into.
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Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has demonstrated through his various investments and innovations that he has an eye for expanding his influence and breadth of operations to all corners of the market. This net has grown larger in the past two weeks.
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On one hand, some expect these social media companies to act as a sort of pseudo-governmental authority who ardently follow the tenets of free speech. On the other, when instances of abuse or violence occur on or through their sites, questions immediately begin being asked about how much the responsibilities should lay at their feet to prevent these tragedies from occurring.
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