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Snapchat Introduces Parental Controls, Assuming Parents Know How to Use Snapchat
‘Family Center’ allows parents to see who their teens are communicating with, if their kids consent to that sort of thing, first.
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Meta’s Metaverse Is Already Populated With the Worst Examples of Internet Behaviour: Report
It took less than an hour for one researcher studying Meta’s titular metaverse to be “virtually raped” after putting on the VR headset for the first time. After days of witnessing and experiencing rampant conspiracy theories, sexual harassment, racism, and homophobia, writers of a recent report said the tech giant is entirely ill-prepared to reach…
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Mother Alleges TikTok Challenge Led to Daughter’s Death, Was Recommended by Its Algorithm
The mother of a 10-year-old daughter who died last year is suing TikTok and its parent company ByteDance over allegations the company’s algorithm promoted a so-called “Blackout Challenge” to the child’s feed.
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Google’s New Multisearch Tool Is for Window-Shopping the Real World
Google’s latest mobile search feature is aimed at window shoppers and friends who browse each other’s closets. The new multisearch ability in Lens lets you perform a visual search with a bit of textual aid to help steer the search engine. It’s not perfect every time, but it can help determine where your friend got…