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The Meta logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris, France, June 14, 2023. Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms beginning Tuesday, June 27. The changes come as social media companies face increased scrutiny over how they impact teens' mental health. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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Instagram and Facebook are adding more parental controls. Critics say they aren't enough
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Tue,06/27/23-4:20AM , 80 Reads
Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta is adding some new parental supervision tools and privacy features to its platforms as social media companies face increasing scrutiny over their effects on teen mental health.
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A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2022. The Los Angeles District Attorney has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported, the office confirmed on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Thu,06/15/23-8:00AM , 52 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. But Twitter is the worst.
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A sign at Twitter headquarters is shown in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2022. The Los Angeles District Attorney has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported, the office confirmed on Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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Los Angeles county DA's office quits Twitter due to barrage of 'vicious' homophobic attacks
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Thu,06/08/23-3:55PM , 48 Reads
The Los Angeles county district attorney's office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported.

The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter.
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The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen, in New York, Friday, June 2, 2023. Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, does feel a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters as well as fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Bluesky, championed by Jack Dorsey, was supposed to be Twitter 2.0. Can it succeed?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY - AP Technology Writer
Tue,06/06/23-12:43PM , 59 Reads
Bluesky, the internet's hottest members-only spot at the moment, feels a bit like an exclusive club, populated by some Very Online folks, popular Twitter characters, and fed up ex-users of the Elon Musk-owned platform.
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