Summary Meta has partnered with hundreds of family influencers, as well as doctors, to promote Instagram's teen safety features, according to a tech watchdog report. The campaign included paid posts and events as Meta faces court battles over allegations its platforms addict and harm young people. Meta says the partnerships are intended to spread the word about safer settings for teen...

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Between 2021 and 2024, India saw a surge of popularity in online gambling, as increasingly cheap mobile data and expanded access to smartphones fueled use of the games. Driven by concerns around illegal operations, Indian authorities summoned Meta and Google last summer to discuss their role in promoting gambling sites. In August, the Indian government banned all forms of real-money online...

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Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies on Monday, warning them that they will “answer for it” if they knowingly harm children and urging the companies to see their products “through the eyes of a parent, not a predator.” The letter, addressed to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, OpenAI, Character Technologies, Perplexity, Google, Replika, Luka...

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