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Age Verification for Apps
4+ hour, 58+ min ago (344+ words) This week, Texas parents scored a massive victory when the U. S. Supreme Court declined to block Texas" landmark App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). This decision affirms that states have every right to help families reclaim authority over their kids" digital lives....
Nara Smith built an aspirational internet fantasy. Then she shared the hardest story of her life.
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (25+ words) Yahoo Life UK Your privacy is important to us...
MA Senate passes new social media bill. What did they change - AOL
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (663+ words) The Massachusetts Senate on July 9passed their own versionof asocial media billthat aims to crack down on youth access while also addressingthe concerns of opponents. In April, the state House passed a bill that would havebanned social mediafor children under 14. But…...
Meta Is Letting Strangers Use Your Instagram Photos for AI'Unless You Turn It Off
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (141+ words) Android Headlines Meta's announcement blog tries to sell this as a fun way to customize party invitations or brainstorm creative concepts. However, the reality is a privacy nightmare. It creates an incredibly easy path for identity impersonation, harassment, and non-consensual…...
The fascinating origin story of the hashtag, pound sign, or whatever you call the # symbol
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (368+ words) Believe it or not, we have both the Ancient Romans and Sir Isaac Newton to thank for it. Gen Xers in the United States grew up calling it a pound sign. Gen Z has always known it as a hashtag....
How to opt out of Meta using your Instagram posts to make AI images
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (273+ words) Earlier this week, Meta rolled out the new iteration of their Muse Image model. So fancy! Also, so frigging intrusive. The images posted by anyone with a public Instagram account are fair game for Muse to use. This, of course,…...
Giphy nervously assures internet it's not removing Mark Zuckerberg GIFs
7+ hour, 38+ min ago (212+ words) As news broke Friday morning that Facebook had purchased Giphy, the internet spiraled into panic mode about its most valued resource: Mark Zuckerberg GIFs. Would the famously criticism-averse CEO, and proud new owner of a GIF search engine, strip Giphy…...
Man Witnesses An Accident. Then He Gets A Shocking Notification From Waze: "How?
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (846+ words) Waze can be quite good at letting you know real time information, like if a cop is nearby, if there's a hazardous object on the road, or just if there's unexpected traffic in an area. Most expect the app to…...
Meta Faces Backlash Over AI Tool Allowing Use Of Public Instagram Photos
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (41+ words) News Mobile Checking your browser before redirecting. You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up a firewall to protect the server against automated traffic....
Instagram's controversial AI doesn't just copy faces " it imitates photography styles too
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (237+ words) The new Meta Muse image generator is already facing a privacy backlash, but artists should know that the wrong privacy settings allow the AI to copy style too Much of that Meta AI backlash comes, in particular, from the fact…...