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Sweeping FTC study finds that social media sites engage in ‘vast surveillance’ of its users. This includes children and teens.

Law enforcement officials warn that social media sites are increasingly being used as storefronts for illicit drug sales, and emojis — those cute tiny symbols and characters — are being used ...

The law required those children under 16 to get parental permission to open up a social media account. It also limited what kinds of ads those sites could show to children.

If your social media feeds have become filled with AI-generated images, you aren't alone. Here's why the AI slop just keeps coming.

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SEATTLE — Up-and-coming social media startup Bluesky names Seattle as its headquarters on its official LinkedIn account. Chunks of its workforce, including much of its C-suite, call Seattle home.