Topic: parental advocacy
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Zuckerberg Testifies as Social Media Faces Trial
A landmark trial in Los Angeles centers on allegations that Meta and Google's YouTube deliberately designed addictive platforms, with grieving parents present to confront executives over the human cost. Parents, including those who lost children to suicide and fentanyl poisoning, attended to witn...
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Zuckerberg Faces Court in Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Case
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for roughly eight hours, consistently rejecting legal responsibility for alleged harms to youth mental health caused by the company's platforms. Zuckerberg defended product decisions, like allowing certain AR filters, by emphasizing a need to balance user expres...
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Tim Cook's Lobbying Threatens Kids Online Safety Vote
A congressional committee is advancing a package of internet safety bills for children, but critics argue **Big Tech lobbying has already weakened the legislation**, leaving core problems unaddressed and creating strategic divisions. The legislative package includes modified versions of key bills...
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California's New Internet Age-Verification Law Takes Effect
California has enacted the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043), requiring operating systems and app stores to verify users' ages during new device setup, with enforcement starting in 2027 and penalties for noncompliance. The law aims to enhance online safety for minors, reflecting a national tren...
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Kids' Safety Bill Poison Pilled, Supporters Allege
A major House committee effort to create a federal child online safety framework by bundling 19 bills has stalled, facing criticism for weakening core provisions like the Kids Online Safety Act's (KOSA) "duty of care" mandate. The revised House version replaces the duty of care with a broad preem...
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OpenAI's Science Ambitions and Chatbot Age Verification
OpenAI has formed a dedicated team, **OpenAI for Science**, to explore how its advanced AI models can accelerate scientific research by aiding in tasks like data analysis and hypothesis generation. A critical debate is intensifying around **age verification** for AI chatbots, as current methods a...
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