Anonymous messaging app targeting teens: Read the disturbing allegations in FTC and Los Angeles DA action against NGL. New on the Business Blog: https://lnkd.in/e-kM6U6m #AI #privacy
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Google Ads to disallow promoting deepfake sexual content and services https://lnkd.in/gUJgnmaH #googleads #google #ppc #googlemerchantcenter #admob #ads #deepfake
Google Ads Now Disallows Services For Deepfake Sexual Content
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A significant development for data privacy! LinkedIn is adjusting its ad targeting practices in Europe to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA). This move emphasizes user control over their data and prohibits advertisers from using sensitive information like race, sexual orientation, or political views for ad targeting. This decision comes after concerns were raised that LinkedIn Groups might be used for indirect targeting based on these sensitive categories. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/d4rFd78P #LinkedIn #EU #Privacy #TheDabar
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If even the biggest names in tech can't uphold their own standards, what does that mean for the future of digital ethics? It certainly raises serious questions about the balance between profit and responsibility. According to a recent investigation by the Financial Times, Meta and Google allegedly struck a secret deal to aim Instagram ads at teenagers on YouTube, directly violating Google’s own policies against targeting under-18s. #DigitalEthics #BigTech #Privacy #SocialMedia #OnlineHarms https://lnkd.in/e3q2A8AN
Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers
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Instagram has just announced a major update aimed at enhancing safety and privacy for teenage users. Here are the key features: · New "Teen Accounts" with built-in protections · Stricter privacy settings by default · Limited contact with unknown users · Age-appropriate content controls · Screen time management features · Enhanced parental supervision tools 🔍 Why This Matters: User Safety: This move sets a new standard for child protection on social platforms. Marketing Impact: Businesses targeting younger demographics may need to adjust their strategies. Data Privacy: Stricter controls could affect data collection and targeted advertising. Industry Trends: We may see similar moves from other platforms, changing the social media ecosystem. What are your thoughts on these changes? Do you think other platforms should follow suit? Read more about this here https://lnkd.in/edBm9stx #digitalwellbeing #onlinesafety #youthempowerment #mentalhealth #Eveminet #Safertogether #industrynews
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Many of our clients remain excited to reach younger audiences where they spend a LOT of time and attention: TikTok. A proposal to ban TikTok in the U.S. has garnered bipartisan support, passed one house of Congress, and looms as an issue in the 2024 presidential election. TikTok has been under fire in the U.S. for years while raising questions about data access laws. Those concerns led the U.S. House of Representatives to pass legislation in March 2024 requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell off the social media app within six months or be banned from U.S. stores and websites. The ban would force Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, and service providers could not make it available on browsers in the United States. TikTok has pushed back, rolling out a $2.1 million #advertising campaign featuring U.S. users discussing how the #app has helped them and their businesses. Reflecting the political nature of the ban, TikTok focused its ads on U.S. battleground states with tough 2024 Senate races to try to convince incumbents to block the House of Representatives ban. TikTok claims more than 150 million Americans use the app, and nearly 5 million businesses have used it to start and grow their companies. Why does the U.S. want to ban TikTok? The United States wants to ban the application for several reasons, but mainly due to national security concerns. U.S. lawmakers are concerned that ByteDance may leak U.S. user data to the Chinese government if the Chinese government forced them to. Every testimonial in the five-hour congressional hearing touched on different topics, but the main focuses included the following: 🧠 Addictiveness. While TikTok's addictiveness is a concern, it has a feature that tells users to leave the application after 60 minutes. 🗣 Misinformation. TikTok claims it does not allow misinformation as part of its community guidelines and actively works to remove it. It also does not accept political ads. 🧒 Children's safety. There are many concerns over children abusing or misusing the application. However, TikTok has different UX for users under 13. For example, they cannot go viral and cannot use the private messaging feature. 🤮 Mental health. Content that promotes eating disorders, tobacco use or suicide is a concern. However, TikTok -- like most social media companies -- has a content moderation policy and aims to remove all violating content. 💾 Selling data. Gathering and selling data that TikTok doesn't need to make a profit is a concern. TikTok claims it does not sell data to data brokers. 🛡 Data security. Data leaks are a concern. Data leaks are a risk with any online service and common with social media. TikTok -- and other social media platforms -- use data access protocols to protect and organize data into categories of sensitivity. Some countries have full bans on TikTok, including Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Somalia. #social #media #news
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"We need the platforms to be taking more responsibility. They're creating the hunting grounds on which these paedophiles are seeking out and sexualising our children, and worse, grooming and exploiting them. They have the ability to detect sexualised comments. But the more explicit the imagery of the young people, the more attention they get, the more likes they get, the more dollars they get. So there's a real perverse incentive, even in the way social media companies are structured, and the way that influencers, or the parents ... are incentivised and monetise that engagement online." eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman - Grant joined the ABC's Four Corners to share her insights on child influencers – or "kidfluencers" – and how tech companies must proactively build safety into their platforms to reduce the risk of children being sexualised. We also need parents to be aware of the risks that photos and videos posted online can end up travelling more widely than expected or be used for unintended purposes. Parents may unwittingly create a lasting digital footprint for their kids that can follow them throughout their life. 💡 eSafety can help parents keep their kids safe online. Start by reading about protecting children's privacy online: https://lnkd.in/gdqMTiyn For more advice and resources, visit: eSafety.gov.au/parents ➡ Read more from Four Corners: https://lnkd.in/gZF4iR4f ➡ Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gZF4iR4f
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Digital marketers (and other more nefarious actors) looking to use Insta to reach pre-teen and teen users (kids) may be finding it a little more challenging to do so going forward. (*and those same kids might find it equally challenging to connect with brands and other users.) Meta finally sees the writing on the wall after a generation or two grew up on Facebook—-giving FB all their data and opinions before it became a site for my parents to swap memes and for untethered political opinions on the left and right. From child predators to children sourcing illegal drugs to illicit marketing practices under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) —Will the other social media platforms have the sense to follow suit? or Is this a compliance ‘luxury’ only a large player the likes of Meta has? #digitalmarketing #privacy #protectthechildren https://lnkd.in/eBaydjqc
Instagram Is Restricting Teen Accounts—and Blocking Sneaky Workarounds
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There is a growing conversation about social networks manipulating us. Let's dive into some recent insights and examples that shed light on this issue. 🌐 🚨 Tom Goodwin recently highlighted a shocking truth: algorithms are not only personalizing our content but also engineering the comments we see. He explains that while we’ve known for a long time that content is tailored to provoke strong emotions—like anger, fear, and envy—what's even more insidious is that comments are curated to amplify these feelings. This not only divides us further but also reinforces our existing beliefs, making it harder to find common ground or engage in constructive debate. Tom’s full post can be found here: https://lnkd.in/ei_fbSfW 📣 🔍 Another perspective comes from Digital Business Director Simi Gill, who raises concerns that while social media platforms seem to focus on privacy compliance, they might be neglecting their responsibility to curb hate speech and online abuse. With the push towards a cookieless future, it seems that efforts to tackle harmful content are taking a backseat. You can read Simi's insights here: https://lnkd.in/ejBFJRBj If comments are being manipulated to influence users, this probably is a new form of dark pattern and violates the DSA, DMA, and the soon-to-be-enforced AI Act. 🕵️♂️ Regulatory bodies are increasingly scrutinizing these practices. On another topic, on June 3, 2024, TikTok was sued by the Utah Division of Consumer Protection and the Utah Attorney General for allegedly using dark patterns in its TikTok Live feature to facilitate illegal activities such as sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, and money laundering. The lawsuit accuses TikTok of exploiting young users, and profiting from these activities by taking a 50% commission on sales of virtual gifts. TikTok is charged with violating the Utah Consumer Sales Practices Act and targeting children with dark patterns. More details on this case can be found here. ⚖️ Our mission is to identify and fix dark patterns, creating interfaces that empower users to make their own, free, and informed decisions. It's a matter of sustainability and democracy. 🌍✨ 💫 Regain your freedom online. Let's work together to ensure a digital world that empowers rather than manipulates us. #fairpatterns #deceptivedesign #impactdriven #solutionmakers #onlinedeception #onlinemanipulation #privacy #privacylaw #darkpatterns
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I caught this really worrying story online today about how some social media algorithms are set up to send teenagers, and particularly teenage boys, some properly disturbing content. It got me thinking - are there ways to use tech to protect your teenagers and control what they see on social media? It’s a tough one as any parent of a teenager will know, but it's not impossible - Whilst you can’t control everything, there are tools to help protect your teenager online. You can use parental controls on apps like Instagram and TikTok to filter inappropriate content, and you can regularly review their privacy settings. You could also limit screen time, and set up app usage boundaries to help encourage healthier habits. But, in the end this is a bigger problem in society and one that the creators of these apps really need to sort out. Check out the story in the link and let me know your thoughts in the comments. #TeenOnlineSafety #SocialMediaAwareness #ProtectOurTeens #ParentalControls #DigitalParenting #SafeSocialMedia #TechForGood #OnlineSafetyTips #HealthyScreenTime #AlgorithmConcerns #SocialMediaResponsibility #ContentModeration #DigitalWellbeing https://lnkd.in/ez-czgqC
Social media: Why algorithms show violence to boys
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The "consent or pay" model, where users choose between paying for ad-free content or allowing data tracking, is on the rise. Used by sites like MailOnline and The Sun, it addresses lost revenue from reduced ad targeting. The UK’s ICO is reviewing its legality, emphasising that consent must be freely given and easily withdrawn. Concerns about fairness and privacy persist, with the EU already questioning Meta's similar policy. The ICO’s upcoming report will clarify this model’s implications. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eW7X42_f #DataPrivacy #DataProtection #OnlinePrivacy #TechNews
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