>"The bill would also require children ages 13 to 17 to receive parental consent to create a social media account."

>"The social network published its findings about Instagram’s effect on young users, as senators prepared to question an executive on Thursday."

>"Experts told Recode it’s possible that Facebook will be forced to sell both apps, but not anytime soon."

[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/facebook-antitrust-suit-instagram-whatsapp-deal-ftc-states-2020-12%3famp](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/facebook-antitrust-suit-instagram-whatsapp-deal-ftc-states-2020-12%3famp) >"The two lawsuits revolve around Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and could have massive _...Read More_

Photographer says Instagram bias threatens her body-positive image business

>"Starting Sunday at 11:59 p.m., 84% of California's population will be under new regional stay-at-home restrictions as hospitals' ICU capacity in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley plummets."

THE FUTURE OF FETISH, THIS COULD BE US: HOW FETISH AND FANTASY HAVE EVOLVED IN THE AGE OF IPHONES AND IMMEDIACY BY DEAN KISSICK. "The bulk of our online interactions with others have already been flattened down to a sort of fetish. We _...Read More_

Great piece by [@shivaaaamm](/user/profile/shivaaaamm) , teen journalist for i-D Magazine, writing about his generations experience with politics online. "Neo-fascists are using social media platforms to spread racism, homophobia, transphobia and sexism. " _...Read More_

"The world’s first piece of digital couture created by The Fabricant and worn by Johanna Jaskowska sold for $9,500. But how does one ‘wear’ the couture? There is a 28-day window for the couture’s new owner to provide a photo of the future _...Read More_

“For my generation, people are more willing to be who they are and not make up a fake identity,” she says. “We are trying to show a real person doing cool things as a real person, not trying to create a persona that isn’t actually you.”

"Facebook chose one of the busiest news days in American politics this year to admit that millions more Instagram users were affected by a security lapse than it had previously disclosed." ... "The timing of the announcement was the _...Read More_

Kind of a weird form of autonomous capitalism? Like a more individualized version of social media that is less about the platform's control over content and more of the network as a host. Patreon but for Instagram

This share is really cheap, but I have been considering IG for a long time and I firmly believe it creates false realities and perpetuates human insecurities by praying on habitual feedback brain function. I cannot imagine the pressure of _...Read More_