In 2022, we helped pass the #CAKidsCode, which requires design features that protect kids’ data privacy online and reduce screen addiction.

Let’s break down what this legislation is – and what it isn’t. 🧵
techpolicy.press/the-california… Based on the UK Age-Appropriate Design Code, Kids Codes target the design of platforms likely to be accessed by kids and teens, including features like behavioral nudges, targeted advertising, and data collection.

LIVE NOW: Tune in to Accountable Tech’s panel discussion on how social media platforms can protect election integrity at @Netroots_Nation. #NN23 Moderated by our Senior Campaign Manager, Nash Alam, she asks panelists why they got into this work and the importance of election integrity on social media platforms. #NN23

BIG DAY: Mark Zuckerberg launched “The Facebook” 19 years ago today. Join us as we take a look back at all they’ve accomplished. 🧵 SEPTEMBER 2015: Cambridge Analytica exploited Facebook to harvest data on over 50 million Americans to build profiles and hypertarget voters for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

As Elon Musk continues to post polls on Twitter for major policy decisions like the below, our team decided to test the validity of these polls.

This is what happened when we bought votes from bots for less than $100… Earlier this month, we set up a Twitter account called @VoxPopuliVoxBot to launch a few polls to assess the ability for bots to influence Twitter poll results.

It’s been a long year of continued challenges and threats to our information ecosystem.

We’re so proud of our work to hold Big Tech accountable and advocate for meaningful structural reforms to protect and advance democracy. Here are some highlights of our progress in 2022: 🧵 We joined partners and youth organizations to help pass the #CAKidsCode in California to require online platforms to prioritize young people’s safety by design and default. The bipartisan law offers a roadmap for more states to protect young users. nytimes.com/2022/09/15/bus…

ICYMI: Elon Musk wants to own Twitter again. 😞

Here are 12 reasons why we should not trust the transphobic, misogynistic, narcissistic, union-busting billionaire to run a platform of over 300 million users worldwide: 1. Elon Musk has a history of transphobic comments — once tweeting “pronouns suck” — and he’s eager to roll back Twitter’s content moderation systems for harmful content.
nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-ne…

Antitrust TikTok is a thing!

We’re thrilled to have partnered with @socialcurrant to elevate young, diverse TikTok creators interested in supporting historic bipartisan legislation to #ReinInBigTech. Congress is considering two bipartisan bills to #ReinInBigTech’s societal harms and monopoly power:

1️⃣ American Innovation and Choice Online Act

2️⃣ Open App Markets Act

We’re thrilled to see our former youth roundtable participant and summer intern @EmmaLembke profiled in the @nytimes today! nytimes.com/2022/06/14/sty… As @julhalps reports, @EmmaLembke launched the @logoffmovement two summers ago to spur dialogue and change among young people regarding their relationship with social media. nytimes.com/2022/06/14/sty…

Powerful piece by @MattHindman, @natelubin, and Trevor Davis captures the dangerous dominance of superusers on Facebook.

Key takeaways below. 🧵theatlantic.com/technology/arc… An analysis of public activity on the 500 highest engaged U.S.-run Facebook pages found that "superusers have enormous influence over which posts are seen first in other users’ feeds, and which are never seen at all." theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Over the past 2 weeks, truckers have brought Canada’s capital city of Ottawa to a halt in protest of vaccine mandates, attracting global news and attention.

How did this protest come about? We have a story for you. And it all starts with Facebook. 🧵 JANUARY 2022:

Canada prepares to require COVID vaccination for truckers re-entering the country starting January 15.

Meanwhile, a woman’s Facebook account is hacked in the U.S.

https://twitter.com/BySteveReilly/status/1491168973999964160