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TikTok says it will fight US ban or forced sale after bill passes (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 04/22/2024 - 07:02TikTok questioned by EU over Lite app that ‘pays’ users for watching videos (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:43Battle lines drawn as US states take on big tech with online child safety bills (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/16/2024 - 06:18Use TikTok to combat misinformation, MPs tell government (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 06:36WhatsApp lowers age limit to 13 in UK and EU (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/12/2024 - 06:35UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/10/2024 - 06:21Inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive (Guardian, The)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 04/03/2024 - 06:14‘Social media is like driving with no speed limits’: the US surgeon general fighting for youngsters’ happiness (Guardian, The)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Sun, 03/24/2024 - 13:04Internet providers have left rural Americans behind. One county is fighting back
Congress is spending $65 billion to connect the rural United States to the world. Orangeburg (SC) knows the stakes better than anywhere. Like hundreds of rural counties across the US, Orangeburg is ignored by commercial broadband service providers who think it’s not profitable to lay fiber optic lines in the area. In the absence of service from companies like AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and Charter, counties and small towns in rural America could build broadband networks for their residents themselves, which can make the difference between prosperity and poverty.