US threatens TikTok ban: What’s the impact on influencers & content creators? | LiveNOW from FOX The Biden administration has demanded TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the app or face a possible ban, according to a report. The move, reported by The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter, is the...Read More

SANTA FE, N.M. — A New Mexico jury on Tuesday found Meta culpable for failing to protect the state’s teenagers on the digital giant’s platforms and ordered the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to pay a $375 million penalty. The civil penalties were levied for violations of New Mexico’s consumer protection laws, The Albuquerque...Read More

Home / News / How social media’s toxic content sends teens into ‘a dangerous spiral’ October 8, 2021 – Eating disorders expert Bryn Austin, professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, discusses the recent revelation that Facebook has long known that its Instagram app is harming teens’ mental health. Q: Leaked documents from...Read More

A New Mexico jury has found Meta liable for misleading users about platform safety and exposing children to harm, marking the first successful state trial against a major tech company on such claims. The court imposed the maximum statutory penalty, totaling $375 million in civil fines. The verdict concludes a legal battle initiated by the...Read More

Courtesy of Pexels It would seem that the target audience for the majority of social media apps is constantly getting younger. With this shift in online culture comes a great deal of new dangers for parents and teens alike. Having a new generation of children grow up strictly on the internet is going to have...Read More

Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) has delayed the launch of its flagship generative AI model, internally known as “Avocado”, after tests showed it trailing rival offerings. At...Read More

By Maura and Art Keene A team of pediatricians from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at the Icahn School Of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York reports that while PFAS in synthetic turf is a known toxin and carcinogen, the toxic threat is especially dangerous for children and teens. Consequently, they recommend against...Read More

Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) lost approximately $130 billion in market capitalization on Thursday after back-to-back jury verdicts found the company legally responsible for harming young users — rulings that investors fear could expose the social media giant to hundreds of billions of dollars in future liability. Meta’s stock closed down nearly 8% Thursday, its steepest...Read More

Elisa M. Trucco, Florida International University and Julie Cristello, Florida International University Viral social media trends started innocently enough. In the early 2010s there was planking, the “Harlem Shake” dance and lip syncing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s summer anthem “Call Me Maybe.” Then came the ice bucket challenge, which raised an estimated US$115 million for...Read More

Overview Early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff in Australia must complete child safety training and child protection training. The free training assists staff to understand the child safety framework and requirements for keeping children safe. Both child safety training and child protection training are mandated for specific roles under the National Law and National...Read More