Pair of California Bills to Protect Kids Online Show Promise, but there are Concerns
California lawmakers are considering a pair of bills to regulate kids’ use of online services. The state’s tech laws can impact the entire country.
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Author: Larry Magid
Podcast: Interview with California Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks
xx Listen to “Interview with co-sponsor of California Age Appropriate Design Code Act” on Spreaker.
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Musk Seems to Want to Take Twitter Back to its Not-So-Great Past
The one thing I know about Elon Musk is that I have no idea what he will do, regardless of what he says he’ll do.
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Unused Apps Can Impact Smartphone Storage, Performance and Security
I’m old enough to remember those Black Flag commercials from the early ’80s with the slogan “Roaches check in, but they don’t check out.” Today, the smartphone variation of that could be “Apps get installed but don’t get uninstalled.”
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Like Airlines, Tech Companies Shouldn’t Compete on Safety
A recent Washington Post article titled “Facebook paid GOP firm to malign TikTok,” accused Facebook’s parent company Meta of “paying one of the biggest Republican consulting firms in the country to orchestrate a nationwide campaign seeking to turn the public against TikTok.”
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