{"id":3031,"date":"2021-10-02T05:41:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T03:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/as-a-facebook-whistleblower-prepares-to-speak-out-what-can-be-done-to-rein-in-tech-firms\/"},"modified":"2021-10-02T05:41:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-02T03:41:08","slug":"as-a-facebook-whistleblower-prepares-to-speak-out-what-can-be-done-to-rein-in-tech-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/02\/as-a-facebook-whistleblower-prepares-to-speak-out-what-can-be-done-to-rein-in-tech-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"As a Facebook whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in tech firms?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pressure piles on social media firms after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children\u2019s mental health<\/p>\n

US lawmakers have left Facebook in no doubt this week<\/a> that revelations about the impact of its Instagram app on teen mental health<\/a> have further damaged the company\u2019s reputation. <\/p>\n

The Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal said the social network was \u201cindefensibly delinquent\u201d in its behaviour and had \u201cchosen growth over children\u2019s mental health\u201d, after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Facebook\u2019s internal research had flagged concerns that its photo-sharing app was damaging the wellbeing of young users.<\/p>\n

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\nPressure piles on social media firms after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children\u2019s mental health
\nUS lawmakers have left Facebook in no doubt this week that revelations about the impact of its Instagram app on teen mental health have further damaged the company\u2019s reputation.
\nThe Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal said the social network was \u201cindefensibly delinquent\u201d in its behaviour and had \u201cchosen growth over children\u2019s mental health\u201d, after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Facebook\u2019s internal research had flagged concerns that its photo-sharing app was damaging the wellbeing of young users. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pressure piles on social media firms after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children\u2019s mental health US lawmakers have left Facebook in no doubt this week that revelations about the impact of its Instagram app on teen mental health have further damaged the company\u2019s reputation. The Democrat senator Richard Blumenthal said the …<\/p>\n

As a Facebook whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in tech firms?<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}