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How Twitter Makes Millions from Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric
Twitter is making millions of dollars as anti-LGBTQ+ ‘grooming’ rhetoric jumps 119% under Elon Musk.
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Twitter is making millions of dollars as anti-LGBTQ+ ‘grooming’ rhetoric jumps 119% under Elon Musk.
Deadly by Design – our new report – will help provide parents and policymakers insight into the TikTok content and algorithms shaping young lives today.
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a block on Facebook’s parent company, Meta, monetizing user data that it collects on minors and pause its launch of new products and services. The FTC proposed changes […]
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