WebXray is a search engine that anyone can use to see how, specifically, websites are tracking you. A normal user can enter a text string, like “cancer” or “pregnancy,” then see which websites are ...
The Kids Online Safety Act would force tech companies to enable the highest possible privacy settings for minor users and would force platforms to use a stronger hand in regulating harmful material...
The two bills – the Kid's Online Safety Act (also known as KOSA) and the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (dubbed COPPA 2.0) – would mark the first significant legislation to protect...
Measures to keep kids safe online would be the biggest reforms to the tech industry in decades, so long as lawmakers can overcome opposition.
The U.S. Senate is set to vote on Thursday on two online safety bills that would force social media companies to take responsibility for how their platforms affect children and teens, a step parents...
The U.S. Senate, in a broad bipartisan move, advanced two crucial online safety bills targeting social media companies' impact on children. The Kids Online Safety Act and Children and Teens' Online...
Activists fear Republicans will use the laws to block queer youth from seeing age-appropriate LGBTQ+ content online. While the pieces of legislation are billed to stop children from being exploited...
The Kid’s Online Safety Act and Children’s and the Teens Online Privacy Protection Act are likely to pass the Senate by next week. The House may takes its time.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will bring two bipartisan bills aimed at boosting online safety and privacy for kids to a vote this week after mounting pressure from advocates, ...
A Former Google Engineer Built a Search Engine for Finding Every Privacy Violation You Face Online WIRED
Everyday we all read and hear stories about people who have done serious damage to themselves, to their future, or to others online. It’s almost impossible to keep track of these daily horror stories.