Melissa McKay @Melissa_M818

Last point here is that there was basically no scenario prior to the internet age where the average person would accidentally stumble across hardcore porn. If you wanted to avoid it, it was extremely easy to do so. Now millions of people (including children) are exposed to it…

Great job, @TXAG, for getting Chaturbate to agree to age verification! However, the most visited pornography site by children is actually @X. @X also needs to be forced to implement reasonable age verification, or we haven’t yet protected our children.

Texas Attorney General @TXAG

2 days ago

Great job, @TXAG, for getting Chaturbate to agree to age verification! However, the most visited pornography site by children is actually @X. @X also needs to be forced to implement reasonable age verification, or we haven’t yet protected our children.

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U.S. tech companies have long had ample evidence that #TikTok presents a serious threat. Apple and Google appear indifferent to TikTok’s practices. Both companies’ app stores have developer guidelines to prevent this sort of behavior. And they aren’t afraid to use that with.…

Michael Lucci @Michael7ucci

2 days ago

U.S. tech companies have long had ample evidence that #TikTok presents a serious threat. Apple and Google appear indifferent to TikTok’s practices. Both companies’ app stores have developer guidelines to prevent this sort of behavior. And they aren’t afraid to use that with.…

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Can we apply the same reasoning to apps in the @AppStore that are misleadingly advertised as safe for kids? We should require @AppStore to warn consumers and remove apps unless they accurately disclose risks to users. @SenBlumenthal

Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal

3 days ago

Can we apply the same reasoning to apps in the @AppStore that are misleadingly advertised as safe for kids? We should require @AppStore to warn consumers and remove apps unless they accurately disclose risks to users. @SenBlumenthal https://t.co/8CKd0kVmbs

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🚨 @Apple's iPhone Downtime allows parents only ONE time slot to block apps per day. We need more slots for school, sleep, dinner, etc. Apple Watch offers unlimited "Schooltime" slots. Why doesn’t iPhone? @Apple WANTS kids glued to phones all day. Intentional design flaw 💯

🚩@X’s porn bot problem is largely due to @elonmusk trying to mix a porn website with a social media platform. On @Reddit, the porn is mostly hidden in NSFW communities, and anything outside gets nuked by AI porn-detecting technology. Eliminate all porn on @X. Easy fix.

Mike Solana @micsolana

5 days ago

🚩@X’s porn bot problem is largely due to @elonmusk trying to mix a porn website with a social media platform. On @Reddit, the porn is mostly hidden in NSFW communities, and anything outside gets nuked by AI porn-detecting technology. Eliminate all porn on @X. Easy fix.

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🚨Most parents don’t know how sexualized in-app ads can be. There is no regulation to protect kids, even in cartoon apps for children rated 4+ in @AppStore. Here are two examples of ads shown to my own 11-year-old son in a cartoon kids' app. We need @AppStore regulation! 💯

Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight

5 days ago

🚨Most parents don’t know how sexualized in-app ads can be. There is no regulation to protect kids, even in cartoon apps for children rated 4+ in @AppStore. Here are two examples of ads shown to my own 11-year-old son in a cartoon kids' app. We need @AppStore regulation! 💯 https://t.co/3AVYeGqcxo

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Wow, they turned my 293 page book into a 7 minute video! This is a really compelling telling of how the phone-based childhood replaced the play-based childhood, and what we must do now. Thanks @kiteandkeymedia! @LetGrowOrg

Kite & Key Media @kiteandkeymedia

2 weeks ago

Wow, they turned my 293 page book into a 7 minute video! This is a really compelling telling of how the phone-based childhood replaced the play-based childhood, and what we must do now. Thanks @kiteandkeymedia! @LetGrowOrg

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🚨🚨For those unfamiliar with Vine's history, it quickly became a hub for porn and NSFW content and struggled to control the problem until its demise. No thanks, @elonmusk. Let's fix @X first.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

2 weeks ago

🚨🚨For those unfamiliar with Vine's history, it quickly became a hub for porn and NSFW content and struggled to control the problem until its demise. No thanks, @elonmusk. Let's fix @X first. https://t.co/btyk5nQnYV

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💯 This applies to @Apple's parental controls too. It takes dozens of steps for parents to set up meager protections full of loopholes. It’s intentional. @Apple knows how to create the most elegant systems in the world but refuses to apply this expertise to child protection.

Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic

2 weeks ago

💯 This applies to @Apple's parental controls too. It takes dozens of steps for parents to set up meager protections full of loopholes. It’s intentional. @Apple knows how to create the most elegant systems in the world but refuses to apply this expertise to child protection. https://t.co/L1b4CgpgJ5

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🚩My 11-year-old has an iPhone that he uses for calls, texts, and GPS only. @AppStore recommends TikTok as his #1 “Must Have” app every day, even though his device ID says he’s 11. @AppStore claims TikTok is safe for ages 12+. WHY does nobody hold Apple accountable?! $AAPL

Brendan Carr @BrendanCarrFCC

2 weeks ago

🚩My 11-year-old has an iPhone that he uses for calls, texts, and GPS only. @AppStore recommends TikTok as his #1 “Must Have” app every day, even though his device ID says he’s 11. @AppStore claims TikTok is safe for ages 12+. WHY does nobody hold Apple accountable?! $AAPL https://t.co/f7btMdUlKq

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Banning smartphones for kids under 16 won’t work. You know what will? ✅ Raising the age kids can create an @Apple or @Google ID without parent consent to 16 (not 13). This ensures kids under 16 are supervised on smartphones. 15 countries already have 16 as the minimum age.

Politics UK @PolitlcsUK

3 weeks ago

Banning smartphones for kids under 16 won’t work. You know what will? ✅ Raising the age kids can create an @Apple or @Google ID without parent consent to 16 (not 13). This ensures kids under 16 are supervised on smartphones. 15 countries already have 16 as the minimum age. https://t.co/MYPvtmIskB

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Wow. 🚩 @lindayaX has suddenly become a stickler for accurate safety ratings. Super ironic, considering that @X has been misrepresenting their @AppStore safety rating to parents for YEARS. Parents don’t know @X is a literal porn app and @AppStore doesn’t age verify.

Linda Yaccarino @lindayaX

2 weeks ago

Wow. 🚩 @lindayaX has suddenly become a stickler for accurate safety ratings. Super ironic, considering that @X has been misrepresenting their @AppStore safety rating to parents for YEARS. Parents don’t know @X is a literal porn app and @AppStore doesn’t age verify. https://t.co/fY0rUkeYWC

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People blame parents instead of Big Tech for not protecting kids online. But @Apple could EASILY implement: ✅ Age-based iPhone safety defaults ✅ Accurate @AppStore age ratings ✅ Mandatory parental consent for app downloads for kids < 16 ✅ “School Mode” and “Bedtime Mode”

.@NCOSE announced their 2024 “Dirty Dozen” list today.🔥 @Apple was included for: 🚩 Deceptive @AppStore age ratings 🚩 Suggesting sex-themed apps to kids 🚩 Not protecting children by default 87% of teens own an iPhone. Apple could easily protect them. DO BETTER $AAPL 🍎

National Center on Sexual Exploitation @NCOSE

3 weeks ago

.@NCOSE announced their 2024 “Dirty Dozen” list today.🔥 @Apple was included for: 🚩 Deceptive @AppStore age ratings 🚩 Suggesting sex-themed apps to kids 🚩 Not protecting children by default 87% of teens own an iPhone. Apple could easily protect them. DO BETTER $AAPL 🍎

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🚨Porn is easily accessible on most social media platforms. Either directly like on @X or @Reddit, or through backdoors like on @Snapchat and @instagram. One more compelling reason to keep your kids off of social media.

Carnivore Aurelius ©🥩 ☀️🦙 @AlpacaAurelius

3 weeks ago

🚨Porn is easily accessible on most social media platforms. Either directly like on @X or @Reddit, or through backdoors like on @Snapchat and @instagram. One more compelling reason to keep your kids off of social media.

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🚭 Social media is facing its Big Tobacco moment. Recent studies confirm that heavy users are more depressed. It's astonishing to see the mental contortions people go through to deny the connection. @instagram, a parade of perfect bodies and lives, is toxic for teen girls.

Jean Twenge (author of GENERATIONS, iGEN) @jean_twenge

3 weeks ago

🚭 Social media is facing its Big Tobacco moment. Recent studies confirm that heavy users are more depressed. It's astonishing to see the mental contortions people go through to deny the connection. @instagram, a parade of perfect bodies and lives, is toxic for teen girls.

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For the skeptics of the thesis that smartphones are “damaging our kids”, these figures from @jean_twenge @NRO sure are something👇🏼 nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/…

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.@linakhanFTC was exceptional in this episode. If I could add one thing to the monopoly complaint, it would be that @Apple’s parental controls are confined to iOS, denying essential remote access to Android parents. @Google’s Family Link is a standalone app with access for all.

Lina Khan @linakhanFTC

4 weeks ago

.@linakhanFTC was exceptional in this episode. If I could add one thing to the monopoly complaint, it would be that @Apple’s parental controls are confined to iOS, denying essential remote access to Android parents. @Google’s Family Link is a standalone app with access for all. https://t.co/WK45EvzLgp

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Our new preprint explains why social media creates a funhouse mirror--a distorted perception of social norms. Because extreme voices dominate discourse on most topics, users develop a false sense of shared norms osf.io/preprints/psya… Led by @CRobertson500 @KareenadelRosa