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Hackers Have Used the Pandemic Against You The majority of teens and younger children spend as much as 75 percent of their waking lives staring into some sort of screen, they exhibit symptoms of withdrawal and depression when deprived of their gadgets.
Is Facebook A Danger To Our Children & Democracy? Actions We Can Take To Protect The Future For Our Children Attorney General Ashley Moody and a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general this past week expressed strong support for the hearings being conducted by the U.S. Senate Committee addressing the protection and safety of kids and teens using social media. Attorney General Moody is concerned about the long-term impacts of social media on youth. Those concerns have grown with the recent research from Facebook’s own internal studies showing that social media is inflicting harm— in the form of increased mental distress, bullying, suicide and other self-harm—on a significant number of kids. Attorney General Moody signed on to the National Association of Attorneys General
letter urging the committee to be thorough in its proceedings and to make clear how social media companies use children’s and adolescents’ data. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “As a mother of a middle schooler, I don’t want social media companies targeting my son - enticing him to spend more time online; and, as Attorney General, I have serious concerns about the tactics and strategies Facebook is using to increase the length of time children and adolescents spend engaging with the platform. Inquiries like these Congressional hearings should provide the public with a better understanding of how and why our youth are being targeted by Big Tech.”
Today’s letter signed by 52 state Attorney General’s recognizes the hearings will uncover critical information about the business practices that social media companies are using to gain the attention of more young people on their platforms. Here are the contents of that letter: October 4, 2021 United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security Russell Senate Office Building, # 254 Washington, D.C. 20510
“You are your own biggest weakness, but changing just a few of your behaviors can reduce the chances that your online accounts get breached” IT expert Jeff Birner If you haven’t yet had your online accounts hacked, count yourself lucky. Cybercrime is real; cyber criminals are real; and they’re proving to all of us that nothing is safe. Do you know how the companies you do business with are protecting your information? Or do you cross your fingers or pray that everything will be fine? It’s time to take matters into your own hands, suggests cybersecurity and IT expert Jeff Birner. “You are your own biggest weakness, but changing just a few of your behaviors can reduce the chances that your online accounts get breached,” he said. Here are some of Birner’s tips for protecting yourself from cyber-attacks: Use Multi-Factor Authentication Arguably the most effective thing you can do to protect your online accounts is turning on multi-factor, or two-factor, au-
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