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Hundreds of creators sign letter slamming Meta’s limit on political content

April 10, 2024

If you haven’t been seeing much political content on Instagram lately, there’s a reason for that. Since March, Instagram and Threads have instituted a new default setting that limits political content you see from people you’re not following. Hundreds of creators, convened by GLAAD and Accountable Tech, have signed an open letter demanding that Instagram […]

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Space diversity initiative builds steam with new leadership and K-12 focused National Space Day

April 10, 2024

A growing effort to attract more women and people of color into the space industry has shared some of its first results and a new occasion to rally around: National Space Day, May 3, when thousands of students will learn that not only can they do space stuff, but they really should start now. Space […]

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YouTube is turning off kids’ ability to write comments in supervised experiences

April 10, 2024

YouTube’s comments section, historically, has had a bad reputation, but a change rolling out could prevent kids from wading into the comments cesspool. In an email to parents who supervise a child’s account, the company announced the introduction of a “read-only” comments option on their child’s supervised experience on YouTube. The feature will roll out […]

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