Blumenthal describes "relentless campaign to recruit and exploit" children and teens. "It choose the growth of its products over the well being" of children, and it is "indefensibly delinquent".
"How can we, parents or anyone, trust Facebook?"
Blumenthal calls out letter he and Marsha Blackburn sent in August. Calls response evasive. Says the company knows the harm it is causing. "They know children struggle with addiction on Instagram, and they didn't want to admit it."
Covert Postal Service unit probed Jan. 6 social media- United States Postal Inspection Service’s Internet Covert Operations Program — better known as iCOP jumped into action after the insurrection, reports @woodruffbets: politi.co/3zJLa5H via @politico
"Few Americans are aware that the same organization that delivers their mail also runs a robust surveillance operation rooted in an agency that dates back to the 18th century." politico.com/news/2021/09/2…
Thread of reactions re: Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on privacy + competition- @SenMikeLee raises WSJ revelations from @JeffHorwitz et al abt Facebook in opening privacy hearing with @SenAmyKlobuchar. First up is Steve Satterfield, Facebook VP of Privacy & Public Policy.
@SenMikeLee@JeffHorwitz@SenAmyKlobuchar FB VP Satterfield says his testimony may be limited by lawsuits the company currently faces regarding competition issues.
Markham Erickson, Vice President Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google, says "data by itself does not guarantee innovative products," and points out "new entrants" like Zoom, Snapchat, Pinterest etc. that succeed in competing based on product excellence.
NEW: 11th annual @freedomonthenet report finds authoritarianism on the rise, and digital freedoms on the decline- 72% of the world's online population live in countries where people were attacked or killed for their online activities in the past year: techpolicy.press/revenge-of-the…
Where the U.S. loses net points on the Freedom House scoring system, it is due to erosion of the information environment due to the saturation of “disinformation,” particularly involving elections and the COVID-19 pandemic: it is the 5th year of decline: techpolicy.press/revenge-of-the…
“Conditions for internet users in China remained profoundly oppressive, and confirmed the country’s status as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom for the seventh consecutive year,” says Freedom House. techpolicy.press/revenge-of-the…