Show Notes
The Big Tech Gut Check is a super quick, weekly update on all things social media and Big Tech.
Social Media & Big Tech highlights for this week:
- Sextortion schemes spike in the U.S. and other western countries
- President Biden passed the REPORT Act to fight sextortion
- NY Times reveals Meta is serving children's photos to pedophiles in advertisements
- New Mexico exposes Meta through Operation MetaPhile
- European Union announces formal investigation into Meta for child safety concerns
- New research shows connection between children's social media use and mental health vulnerability
Resources mentioned during this episode:
- Podcast interview --> Sextortion: Is your kid next? (with John DeMay)
- New York Times article --> Chelsea asked for nude pictures: then the sextortion began
- Podcast interview --> Protecting our kids from sextortion (with Paul Raffile)
- New York Times article --> On Instagram, a jewelry ad draws solicitations for sex with a 5-year-old
- Press release --> New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez Announces Arrests of Suspected Online Predators Following “Operation MetaPhile”
- Press release --> European Union investigating child safety concerns on Meta
- Research --> Study by Nature Reviews Psychology
- Report sextortion here: https://report.cybertip.org
Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.
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