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A podcast for parents worried about social media

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“[Social media platforms] take the most controversial information and they push it to the front”

Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO Imran Ahmed discusses online conspiracies in the wake of speculation online around the Princess of Wales

#BBCLauraK https://t.co/YwWnH1Fc5j

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“Social media has made every phone and every neighborhood an open-air drug market.” Bill Bodner DEA-Ret. @TruthNation_

The interview: https://t.co/u1PsWYEfHu

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Yes, this is real. And yes, this is scary. Educate yourself about #CSAM.

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When you hear the actual stories of what our kids are dealing with on #Snapchat, you wonder how it's possible that this company is still in business.

A reminder that the "Less Social Media. More Snapchat." campaign is ludicrous; the most offensive form of gaslighting ever.

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Parents are suing Big Tech.
States are suing #BigTech.
Federal investigations continue.
Now school districts are having their say.

More than 200 school districts have now sued the major social media companies over the youth #mentalhealth crisis.

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The danger of Snap Map by #snapchat

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Snapchat is running a very dangerous, and desperate ad campaign.

They are claiming that they are NOT social media.

This is a PR stunt to distance themselves from the fact that they are under federal investigation and facing lawsuits from families whose children have died.

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Senator Ted Cruz to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in today's hearing: "What the hell were you thinking?" #CSAM

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Social media companies testifying before Congress tomorrow combined to spend $30 million on lobbying last year — and employed one lobbyist for roughly every four members of Congress.

View the full report from @IssueOneReform here: https://t.co/sT3yWxzdOZ

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This Wednesday morning, five Big Tech CEOs will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee, to answer claims that their platforms exploit children.

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Man used Snapchat to sexually abuse 11-year-old girl and coerce her into his home, feds say. A man is accused of traveling with her from New Jersey to his home in Bear, Delaware, to sexually abuse the victim he met and coerced online. #csam #snapchat #discord

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British police are investigating a virtual underage rape in the #metaverse.

A female minor’s digital persona ‘was sexually attacked by gang of adult men in immersive video game’ - sparking 1st investigation of its kind & questions about extent current laws apply in online world.

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Jocelyn Walters
Alexander Neville
Carson Bride
Nate Bronstein
Molly Russell
Selena Rodriguez
Mason Bogard
And countless others…

We need to know these children and their stories. #socialmediaharms

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“It’s no coincidence that Snap chose to endorse KOSA now, days before their CEO testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about their failure to protect kids online. The time has come for Congress to end Big Tech’s reign of unaccountability." https://t.co/oJWXoWPXvW

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New York City Mayor @ericadamsfornyc is classifying social media as a “public health hazard” and an “environmental toxin,” saying young people must be protected from “harm” online.

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New data from the @IWFhotline shows a dramatic rise in the number of webpages on the open internet showing children UNDER 10 being groomed, manipulated, or coerced into performing sexually by a predator. #CSAM

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Across the U.S. more than 75% of schools have moved to restrict the use of non-academic devices.

A school in Massachussets took a new approach. They actually provided a “dumb phone” (@thelightphone) to everyone on campus, including teachers and administration.

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Child sexual abuse images generated using #AI is a huge concern.

A new report by IWF found that in a 1-month period, 20,254 AI-generated images were found to have been posted to one dark web CSAM forum.

@IWFhotline

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Meta faced an uproar from two of its most prominent corporate advertisers – Walmart and Tinder parent Match Group – after they caught wind that Instagram and Facebook were running ads next to content that sexualized underage users, according to an amended lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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Florida man arrested for coercing young boys from social media and gaming apps into recording sexual web cam videos.