TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe(bbc.com)

388 points by 1659447091 7 months ago | 371 comments

BBC News article reporting that TikTok will not add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, arguing it would put users at risk.

Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs–and They Have No Idea What They're Doing(techdirt.com)

56 points by speckx 10 months ago | 11 comments

Iran Goes Dark as Government Cuts Itself Off from Internet(kentik.com)

9 points by m-hodges 9 months ago | 1 comments

Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?(mullvad.net)

463 points by StrLght 4 months ago | 367 comments

Mullvad VPN blog post arguing that social media age verification laws spreading worldwide lay the foundation for a government-controlled internet.

Safeguarding Identity and Privacy: Fundamental Human Rights in the Digital Age(idpro.org)

12 points by mooreds 2 years ago | 2 comments

Google Imports Ex Israeli Spies(donotpanic.news)

13 points by amrrs 1 year ago | 0 comments

Kids are outsmarting social media bans. That's not a problem we need to solve(technologyreview.com)

21 points by joozio 8 days ago | 28 comments

MIT Technology Review opinion piece by Michal Luria, Aliya Bhatia, and Danah Boyd arguing that age gates on social media backfire and closing loopholes kids use will worsen things.

Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)

347 points by binning 11 months ago | 146 comments

TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.

Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults(cnbc.com)

589 points by bilsbie 7 months ago | 315 comments

CNBC article on how online age-verification tools spreading across the U.S. for child safety are leading to surveillance of adults.

The case for banning children from social media(newyorker.com)

321 points by cocacola1 3 years ago | 496 comments

A New Yorker column by Jay Caspian Kang arguing the case for banning children from social media and examining proposed ways to protect kids.

TikTok Is Harming Children at an Industrial Scale(afterbabel.com)

474 points by cwwc 1 year ago | 471 comments

An After Babel Substack essay arguing that TikTok causes widespread harm to children and teens.

The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online(eff.org)

579 points by bilsbie 4 months ago | 473 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that the proposed KIDS Act would require age verification checks for people to get online.