A Look at Social Media Bans for Young Teens

Türkiye, following Australia, recently banned social media for children under 15. Just a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine such a ban, but things change fast. I have curated some information on these bans and related restrictions in other countries using Perplexity. Here it is: Turkey and Australia have both adopted … Read more

Possible Risks of online Age Verification

EFF recently listed 10 dangers of Age Verification.  Governments and corporations increasingly mandate users to undergo types of age verification. Online age verification can protect children from some harms, but it also introduces significant risks around privacy, security, surveillance, discrimination, and free expression.scientificamerican+1 Here are the major risk points:  ​ Privacy and data security Most robust … Read more

Yahoo’s style guide for web content

here is the style guide site here is the news about it: Email? Not ?E-mail?: Yahoo Creates Style Guide for Web Content ************** British Columbia?s Capital City Officially Names June 30 Social Media Day *************** ROUNDUP EXCLUSIVE: First Teaser For ?The Social Network? [VIDEO] from Mashable! by Christina Warren Facebook Unleashes Open Graph Search Engine, … Read more