What the Tech: How to keep your Facebook page from turning toxic
Here’s how you can create Facebook posts without angering some of your friends.
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U.S. Justice Department sues TikTok, claiming it illegally collected children’s data
The lawsuit claims TikTok and its China-based parent company broke federal law that requires child-oriented apps and websites to get parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13.
What the Tech: Should social media come with warning labels, restrictions?
The U.S. Surgeon General has proposed adding warning labels to social media platforms, similar to the ones found on cigarettes and alcohol.
What the Tech App of the Day: Imprint
The Imprint app can help you make better use of the time you spend endlessly scrolling through social media. Here’s how it works.
What the Tech: Why your Facebook account needs some cleaning up
You don’t just need to keep your home clean. Your Facebook account probably could use some cleaning, too. Here’s how.
Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
Instagram says it’s using new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says he’s putting together investor group to buy TikTok
Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he will put together a group to buy TikTok after the U.S. House passed a bill that would ban the platform in the U.S. if its China-based owner does not sell its stake.
U.S. lawmakers say TikTok won’t be banned if it finds a new owner
U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a chance to keep it running.
What the Tech: Help for parents whose children are victims of sextortion
Here are ways parents can get help if their child is a victim of online sextortion scams.
What the Tech: Teenagers who put nude photos online can now get them removed
Social media companies are working with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to use an online tool called “Take It Down” to help sextortion victims.
