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Colorado lawmakers target social media platforms used by kids, justices grapple with questions of race in jury selection | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Today is Feb. 15, 2024, and here’s what you need to know: A measure in the Colorado state Senate aims to impose a host of requirements on social media companies, including age verification, tools and settings for parents and a prohibition against practices that are “not in the best interest of juveniles.” Notably, the proposal…
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Colorado bill targets social media platforms used by kids, teens
A measure in the Colorado state Senate aims to impose a host of requirements on social media companies, including age verification, tools and settings for parents and a prohibition against practices that are “not in the best interest of juveniles.” Notably, the proposal mandates social media companies to respond to inquiries from law enforcement agency…
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Bennet meets with TikTok CEO, tells him the app harms generation of Americans
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said he told TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew that the app poses an “unacceptable risk to U.S. national security,” poisons teenagers’ mental health, and harms a generation of Americans. Bennet’s office said he told Chew his misgivings during a meeting in which they held a “frank conversation.” “Mr. Chew and I had…
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Delete TikTok from Apple and Google stores, Colorado’s Bennet urges Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai
U.S. Senator Michael Bennet wants Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores immediately, saying TikTok poses an “unacceptable risk to U.S. national security.” “Like most social media platforms, TikTok collects vast and sophisticated data from its users, including faceprints and voiceprints. Unlike most social media platforms, TikTok poses a unique concern because Chinese law obligates ByteDance,…
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Pandemic grief in Colorado grows more complex as deaths become ‘stigmatized’
Around the beginning of September, Colorado COVID-19 deaths began to climb steadily, from around 40 deaths each week, through the fall and into the winter, to now around 260 each week. And although the rate of COVID-19 deaths has reached the same level as the first wave of the pandemic in early 2020, the current…