Big Tech Gut Check (week of October 21, 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:

• Can AI be blamed for 14-year-old Sewell Setzer's suicide?
• Big Tech Spends $51 Million on Lobbying Against Kids Safety Bills
• Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Scalise Hold Up Kids Online Safety Act

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• New iMessage Feature Allows Children to Report Nudity to Apple
• Roblox Makes Parental Control Changes (and takes no responsibilty for harm to children)

Check back on Fridays for everything that parents need to know about the platforms our children are spending hours on every day.