Big Tech Gut Check (week of May 20, 2024)
May 24, 2024•8 min
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Episode description
The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.
Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:
- FBI warns parents on sextortion; more teens are targeted
- Meta and Google spend $1M to fight New York child safety bills
- Two major hearings this week to discuss online safety bills
- An update on the TikTok divest-or-ban legislation
- Important update for parents related to our kids' access to fentanyl
Contact your Representative in the House: Visit house.gov and enter ZIP code at the top right to find your representative
Contact your Senators: Visit senate.gov and use the state drop down at the top of your screen
Resources mentioned during this episode:
- Podcast interview --> Sextortion: Is your kid next? (with John DeMay)
- Podcast interview --> Sextortion and American Teenagers (with Titania Jordan)
- Podcast interview --> Protecting our kids from sextortion (with Paul Raffile)
- Press release --> FBI Warns Parents About Sextortion
- Media Link --> ABC 7 News Coverage of Snapchat Rally
Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.
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