Big Tech Gut Check (week of October 14, 2024)

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: Instagram Announces New Education Campaign to Fight Sextortion Meta Exposed Documentary by Channel 7 News Meta Confirms Layoffs Across Companies Social Media Faces Big Changes in UK Under New Ofcom Rules First UK-US Online Safety Agreement to Keep Kids Safe Online Survey: Colorado Teens use Social media More and at Younger Ages List of end-to-end encrypted apps to block from your child's device:  Signal Whatsapp Telegram Facebook Messenger Wire Element AWS Wickr Briar Pryvate Messenger  SafeChat SafeSwiss Proton Mail SimpleX Chat Confide Delta Chat CoverMe P2P Messenger Olvid xPal TeleGuard Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day. This podcast episode is sponsored by Bark Technologies. Learn about the Bark Phone: https://info.bark.us/scrolling2deathbp Learn about the Bark App for iPhones and Androids: https://info.bark.us/scrolling2death_bark *Use code SCROLLING2DEATH FOR 10% OFF The Bark Watch is coming soon! Sign up for the waitlist: https://info.bark.us/bark-watch-s2d