Sharon Winkler

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Social Media Harms

Highlighting Studies that Big Tech Doesn’t Want You to See — In the history of technology, social media platforms have been around for a relatively short time. Per Sinan Aral in his book, “The Hype Machine i”, digital social networks have been around since at least 2002 with the founding of Friendster. In the intervening 20 years, social media platforms and…

Mental Health Awareness

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4 Reasons to Delete Your Facebook Account

Meta’s Feed algorithm promotes the posts of anxious and/or depressed users, misinformation, and violence — Facebook whistleblower Francis Haugen revealed many dark secrets both in the Facebook Papers and in various interviews, with the most interesting information coming from the Center for Humane Technology’s Your Undivided Attention podcast. These revelations and the response from Meta’s C-suite executives made the following points clear:

Social Media

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4 Reasons to Delete Your Facebook Account

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·Jul 28

Bipartisan Legislation Protecting Minors Online Approved by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teens Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Forwarded to Senate Majority Leader Schumer For Next Steps The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved both KOSA and COPPA on July 22, 2022. Both bills will be forwarded to Senate Majority Leader Chuck…

Kids And Tech

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Bipartisan Legislation Protecting Minors Online Approved by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee

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·Jul 23

Senate Commerce Committee Decides Future of Children’s Online Privacy & Safety Regulations on Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teens Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Subject of Mark-Up Session — Action Needed Now — Summer is a busy time, but if you care about the online privacy and safety of children and teens in the US, you need to take action before Wednesday, July 27, 2022. For the first time since 1998, when the internet was taking its first baby steps, online privacy and…

Parents

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Senate Commerce Committee Decides Future of Childrens’ Online Privacy & Safety Regulations on…

Jul 18

That could be the case of the bot named kentucky_96, whose interests were “sadness” and “depression”. It stopped and rewatched more and more videos related to those topics and TikTok began to show increasingly more similar content. That could perfectly reflect the behavior of a 13-yo kid that’s living through a hard time.

TikTok Is the Perfect Social Media — Here’s Why You Should Delete It

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"began to show increasingly more similar content.

"began to show increasingly more similar content. That could perfectly reflect the behavior of a 13-yo kid that’s living through a hard time." I was going to write another article about TikTok, but you've done such a thorough job, that I am simply going to refer people with questions to…

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"began to show increasingly more similar content. That could perfectly reflect the behavior of a 13-yo kid that’s living through a hard time."

I was going to write another article about TikTok, but you've done such a thorough job, that I am simply going to refer people with questions to…

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·Jun 14

100 Organizations Support the Kids Online Safety Act (S 3663) (KOSA)

Fairplay’s Screentime Action Network Continues to Fight for Kids & Teens Online Safety & Mental Health — Over 100 organizations across the country urged @SenatorCantwell & @SenatorWicker to take action for kids’ #mentalhealth online. Help @fairplayforkids, @EDCoalition, @MentalHealthAm & @APA pass the Kids Online Safety Act. Take Action Here: fairplayforkids.org/kosa. Although the push by not-for-profit organizations Avaaz, Parents Together and Fairplay’s, Screentime Action Network fell short to…

Children And Technology

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100 Organizations Support the Kids Online Safety Act (S 3663) (KOSA)

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·Jun 3

21 U.S. Senators Act to Reign In Big Tech Abuses

Will Online Safety, Fair Competition Win Out Over Campaign Contributions? — Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple spent more than $55M on federal lobbying activities in 2021, an increase from $34M in 2021, according to Politico’s Digital Future Daily newsletter. These firms, and many other technology firms, are concerned that any U.S. legislation will add unwanted constraints to the lightly regulated technology…

Internet Regulation

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21 U.S. Senators Act to Reign In Big Tech Abuses

May 27

Topher Fixed It- Finding Positive Actions in Troubling Times

Playwright Reimagines Classic Childrens’ Stories — Haven’t you read a famous, “classic,” childrens’ story and/or film and thought…that story just doesn’t feel right? Apparently, Atlanta playwright Topher Payne, thought so, too. Although Topher started his project during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I heard his interview on Atlanta’s WABE 90.1 show City Lights, on May…

Childrens Stories

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Topher Fixed It- Finding Positive Actions in Troubling Times

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·May 21

Kids Online Safety Act of 2022 (KOSA) Week, May 23–27, 2022

Call or Write Your U. S. Senators This Week to Urge the Senate Commerce Committee to Advance this Legislation by the End of May 2022 — Not for profit organizations Avaaz, Parents Together and Fairplay’s Screentime Action Network are promoting a campaign to advocate for the United States Senate Commerce Committee to advance the Kids Online Safety Act to be considered by the full Senate by the end of May 2022.

Children And Technology

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Kids Online Safety Act of 2022 (KOSA) Week, May 23–27, 2022

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·May 20

“Blackout Challenge”-A Deadly Social Media Game

Parent Sues TikTok After December 2021 Death of 10 Year-Old Daughter — Social media challenges have been around since these platforms came into widespread use in the late 2000s. The “Blackout Challenge” dares users to choke themselves until they pass out. These challenges come with different labels such as the “ChokingGame” and “thepassoutchallenge.” Tawainna Anderson is suing TikTok and its parent company…

Teens And Social Media

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