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Broken, Buried, or Missing

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By Damon McCoy, Laura Edelson
| Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
Is social media safe enough for children? Today, parents must primarily rely on claims that social media companies make about their products to answer that question. But how accurate are these claims? To answer that question, we undertook a methodical independent analysis of features claimed to be provided by: Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube. We found that most features do not live up to the promises that companies make about the safety they provide.
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Leaked Documents Show the Success of China’s VPN Crackdown

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By Jessica Batke, Laura Edelson
| ChinaFile
As long as Beijing has been censoring content online, people in China have been finding ways around that censorship. Such “wall-jumpers” used to have a relatively easy time getting their hands on the necessary digital tools. Often, this was in the form of a VPN, or virtual private network, which disguises a user’s ultimate online destination to any censor who might be snooping in.
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Meta should not get a pass on accountability for potential harm of products to minors   - CommonWealth Beacon

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By Megan Iorio, Laura Edelson, Yael Eisenstat, Yaël Eisenstat
| CommonWealth Beacon Verified
Sign up for The Saturday Send, CommonWealth Beacon's weekly newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on essential Massachusetts news. A SWATH OF potentially consequential cases for kids’ online safety are making their way through US courts. On Friday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments in a pivotal one, centered on whether the Commonwealth can continue to pursue its case against Meta, the tech giant that owns Facebook and Instagram.
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