Instagram Debuts New Safety Settings For Teenagers
• The Facebook-owned app is making new accounts for kids under 16 private by default, amid growing pressure over child safety and privacy.
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• The Facebook-owned app is making new accounts for kids under 16 private by default, amid growing pressure over child safety and privacy.
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• A federal judge has blocked a new law in Florida that sought to punish large social media businesses like Facebook and Twitter if they remove content or ban politicians.
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• Social media companies are facing the wrath of Florida lawmakers, who are poised to soon send legislation to Gov. Ron DeSantis that could punish online platforms for perceived slights against conservatives.
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• Still, Democratic state lawmakers are focused on the timing of the proposal and the politics surrounding it as Trump considers another run for president.
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• The leaders of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were not eager to admit fault when it comes to bad information on their platforms, but it’s clear Congress is getting closer to regulation.
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• From Chaucer’s medieval poems about the bubonic plague to the present day accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic on social media, English professor Jana Mathews takes a look at how pandemics are documented across the centuries.
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• Technology plays a big role in today’s classrooms with the increased use of social media and augmented reality. Teachers are jumping on twitter to help research classroom projects and students are using virtual reality to experience historical sites or experience online classrooms in a new way. Josh Murdock, an education technology professor at Valencia College, joins us to talk about these classroom transformations and how they bring a new learning experience.
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