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A sign stands outside the Federal Trade Commission building, Jan. 28, 2015, in Washington. The FTC is proposing sweeping changes to a decades-old law that regulates how online companies can track and advertise to children, including turning off targeted ads to kids under 13 by default and limiting push notifications. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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FTC proposes strengthening children's online privacy rules to address tracking, push notifications
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Wed,12/20/23-2:01PM , 62 Reads
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing sweeping changes to a decades-old law that regulates how online companies can track and advertise to children, including turning o
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Arturo Bejar, former Facebook employee and consultant for Instagram, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law during a hearing to examine social media and the teen mental health crisis, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

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A Meta engineer saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he's testifying before Congress
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Tue,11/07/23-8:32AM , 534 Reads
On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who had rejoined the company as
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A pile of characters removed from a sign on the Twitter headquarters building are seen in San Francisco, Monday, July 24, 2023. One year ago, Elon Musk began transforming the social media platform into what is now known as X. (AP Photo/Godofredo A.Vásquez, File)

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Twitter takeover: 1 year later, X struggles with misinformation, advertising and usage decline
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Thu,10/26/23-11:06PM , 92 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One year ago, billionaire and new owner Elon Musk walked into Twitter's San Francisco headquarters with a white bathroom sink and a grin, fired its CEO and other top executives and began transform
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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announces a lawsuit against the Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. The complaint alleges that the company knew of the harmful impact of its Instagram platform on young people. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children's mental health
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Tue,10/24/23-3:06PM , 87 Reads
Dozens of U.S. states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young people and contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features on Instagram and Facebook that addict children to its platforms.
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