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Parenting Social Media - DTNS 4235
Do social media companies have a responsibility to their for social ills that might come about from the use of their services? If so, what's the threshold of responsibility? FIDO the authentication alliance dedicated to replacing passwords believes it has found the way to break through user hesitation on ditching passwords. And gadget blogs and tech news sites are gushing over Apple’s Universal Control feature.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Stephanie Humphrey, Roger Chang, Joe.
Link to the Show Notes.
Quick Hits:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-parent-sued-over-scam-ads-by-australian-regulator-11647585391?mod=djemalertNEWS
https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-cenbank-sberbank-crypto-currency-idUSL5N2VK540
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/japans-murata-sees-partial-restart-quake-hit-factories-2022-03-18/
https://www.techinasia.com/grab-partner-sharia-loan-malaysia
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/18/22984479/samsung-galaxy-a73-5g-release-date-news-features-specs-108-megapixel-camera
Top Stories:
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/universal-control-from-apple-builds-a-deeper-ios-macos-relationship/
https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/17/universal-contorl-ipad-and-mac-feature/
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22980566/universal-control-ios-macos-mac-ipad-hands-on
https://www.wired.com/story/fido-alliance-ios-android-password-replacement/
https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/18/passkeys-in-icloud-keychain-fido/
https://media.fidoalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/How-FIDO-Addresses-a-Full-Range-of-Use-Cases.pdf
https://play.acast.com/s/know-a-little-more/aboutthefidoalliance
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/18/22984636/dyson-airwrap-2022-beauty-tech-hair-curler
https://www.engadget.com/dyson-airwrap-2022-multi-styler-hair-curler-price-availability-020044717.html
https://www.tiktok.com/@bondenavant/video/7076126028976098606
https://www.tiktok.com/@jewelswithjules/video/7076153613092998443
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coand%C4%83_effect
Discussion Story:
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2022-03-16/california-bill-would-let-parents-sue-social-media-companies-for-addicting-kids
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/21418370-assembly-bill-2408/?embed=1&responsive=0&sidebar=0&title=1
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-bill-aims-to-make-tech-firms-liable-for-social-media-addiction-in-children-11647382786
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/17/california-legislators-introduce-bill-to-blame-internet-companies-for-kids-liking-their-products/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/tech/senators-kids-social-media/index.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034942/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1902058116
Kicker:
https://amateurtraveler.com
https://www.cashbackmonitor.com
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Stephanie Humphrey
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@TechLifeSteph
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