One reason social media companies aren’t doing more to protect children? Ad revenue

NPR’s Rob Schmitz asks Amanda Raffoul of Harvard’s School of Public Health about a new estimate of the amount of money social media companies make on advertisements to users 17 and younger.

ROB SCHMITZ, HOST:

What’s holding social media companies back from fully curbing content that’s harmful to children? After all, the stakes are high. Last month Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn shared what parents told her after she started looking into the matter.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MARSHA BLACKBURN: Their children had committed suicide. Their children had met a drug dealer. Their children had met a pedophile. Their child had met a

→ Continue reading at NPR - Technology

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

Maersk pauses shipping through Red Sea after Houthi boats attack vessel | CNN Business

New Delhi/Hong Kong CNN  —  Maersk has imposed a 48-hour delay on its vessels moving through the Red Sea,...

An early version of Mickey Mouse is now in the public domain | CNN Business

CNN  —  Mickey Mouse no longer belongs solely to the Walt Disney Company. On January 1,...

Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on artificial intelligence in the courts

Enlarge this image Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts...