A broad-based coalition of child safety advocates has sent a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, saying it’s not the right fix for the problem of kids lying about their age to get on the platform and it would “put…
Child Safety Groups Urge Zuckerberg to Drop Plans for ‘Babyish’ Instagram for Kids Under 13
Child Safety Groups Urge Zuckerberg to Drop Plans for Instagram for Kids
A broad-based coalition of child safety advocates has sent a letter to Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, urging him to abandon plans to launch a version of Instagram for children under 13, saying it’s not the right fix for the problem of kids lying about their age to get on the platform and it would “put…
Trump Appeals Suspension to Rejoin Facebook, Instagram
Former President Donald Trump has submitted a statement of appeal to an oversight board funded by Facebook in a bid to rejoin the platform. The decision is expected to take around two and a half months. Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who is a co-chair of the oversight board, told UK’s Channel 4 News that they…
Growing Up in a Culture of Empty Cheers
My babysitter gave my 10-year-old daughter a scrapbook. The sparkly pink binder was filled with adorable photos of the two of them eating ice cream, drinking smoothies, ice skating, wearing rainbow wigs, dancing to TikTok videos, and all the other Instagram-ready photos we’re so familiar with these days. In between the photos, my sitter had…
Instagram Bans Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Over COVID-19 Vaccine Claims
Facebook-owned Instagram this week banned Robert Kennedy Jr. from the photograph sharing service over claims he circulated regarding COVID-19 vaccines. “We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” Facebook said in a statement to news outlets. Kennedy founded the Children’s Health Defense organization and regularly highlights safety concerns about…
Actress Gina Carano Removed From ‘The Mandalorian’ Following Instagram Post
Actress Gina Carano is stripped from her role in the TV series “The Mandalorian” following a controversial social media post, according to a statement from the television production company Lucasfilm that is a subsidiary to Walt Disney Studios. “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in…
Over 78,000 Facebook, Instagram Users Removed for Violating QAnon and ‘Militarization’ Policies
Facebook removed more than 78,000 profiles on both Facebook and Instagram, saying they posted QAnon content and content related to “militarized social movements” over the past six months or so. “We continue to strengthen our enforcement by identifying additional militarized social movements, new terms associated with QAnon and how people attempt to skirt our detection,…
Over 78,000 Facebook, Instagram Users Removed for QAnon, ‘Militarization’ Policy Violations
Facebook removed more than 78,000 profiles on both Facebook and Instagram, saying they had posted QAnon content and content related to “militarized social movements” since August 2020. “We continue to strengthen our enforcement by identifying additional militarized social movements, new terms associated with QAnon and how people attempt to skirt our detection, including focusing more on…
Online Censorship Cancels the Right of Free Speech
January 16, 2021
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Commentary There is an astonishing trend afoot, and if something isn’t done to stop it in its ugly tracks, your right to freely express an opinion is in jeopardy. President Donald Trump may be the most reviled person in the United States right now, but the moves to silence him in the public square—and others…
Head of Instagram on Bias at Facebook: ‘We’re Not Neutral’
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said Monday that Facebook staff do have a bias in reply to a Twitter post about the company’s policies. “We’re not neutral,” Mosseri said of Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram. He further said, “No platform is neutral, we all have values and those values influence the decisions we make.” “We try…
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