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Apple has started advertising on X again (Vox)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 02/13/2025 - 17:04Scarlett Johansson calls for deepfake ban after AI video goes viral (Vox)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 16:55New digital protections for kids, teens and parents (Google)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Wed, 02/12/2025 - 16:55FCC to investigate Comcast for having DEI programs
Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr has asked his agency to investigate Comcast’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices. “We have received an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and will be cooperating with the FCC to answer their questions,” said Comcast spokesperson Joelle Terry. Since taking control of the FCC last month, Carr has threatened to pull broadcast licenses of
Meta wants to teach kids how to spot online exploitation (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 02/11/2025 - 06:08Elon Musk’s secretive government IT takeover, explained
Billionaire Elon Musk and his band of young Silicon Valley engineers have gained access to IT systems controlling critical functions of the federal government, from the Treasury Department to the Small Business Administration. The problem is no one outside of the Trump administration really knows what Musk and his team at the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) are planning to do with that access.