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.

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