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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: US justice officials probe Instagram harming children; new Google features for India; plus, a chat with Rahul Nanwani, CEO of ImageKit
Description: A coalition of America’s top justice officials—comprising several state attorney generals—is leading a nationwide investigation into how Instagram knowingly harms children. Meta Platforms, formerly known as Facebook, is providing and promoting Instagram to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms, according to a statement from Maura Healey, one of the state Attorneys General who is co-leading the investigation.
Led by founder CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, or Meta, remains defiant, tech sites such as The Verge have pointed out. Meta even plans to eventually launch an Ins...