TIME CHANCES ARE YOU OR YOUR KIDS OR SOMEBODY YOU LOVE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME ON PHONES. A NEW FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED IN MISSOURI SAYS TWO PLATFORMS, OFTEN USED ON SMARTPHONES, INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK EXPLOITED CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD TO DRIVE PROFITS. THE LAWSUIT JOINS AT LEAST 28 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, MAKING CLAIMS AGAINST MEDIA. THE PARENT COMPANY OF FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM, THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE SUIT FILED BY A BLUE SPRINGS MOTHER SAY THE COMPANIES HAVE INTENTIONALLY DESIGNED THEIR PRODUCTS TO MAXIMIZE USER SCREEN TIME, CAUSING ADDICTIVE AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIORAL. SO YOU WANT TO SET TIME LIMITS AS FAR AS YOUR KIDS ARE CONCERNED. CYBERSECURITY EXPERT BURTON KELSO NOT INVOLVED IN THE LAWSUIT, SAID PARENTS CAN EASILY SET UP SCREEN TIME BOUNDARIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, APPS AND SMARTPHONES, BUT ALSO MAKE IT AN EXPECTATION, HE SAYS, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR DEVICE PARENTS JUST NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR KIDS DEVICES ON A REGULAR BASIS TO SEE WHO THEY’RE TALKING TO AND WHEN THEY’RE WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OH, HE SAY
Kanye West's Instagram account restricted, returns to Twitter
Updated: 11:25 PM EDT Oct 8, 2022
After being suspended by Meta on Friday, Kanye West posted on Twitter for the first time in nearly two years — a move celebrated by Elon Musk, who is in the process of buying the social media network.West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, tweeted a photograph of a hat that said 2024. Musk responded with his own tweet, reading "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!"West last posted on Twitter in November 2020, just after the last U.S. presidential election. Following his first tweet on Friday, West posted another one which included a picture of himself with Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of kicking him off Instagram.In a statement to CNN Business on Saturday, a Meta spokesperson said content from West's account was deleted for violating the company's policies and a restriction was placed on his account. It did not specify what was objectionable about the content or what kind of restriction was imposed.The move comes after West shared a since-deleted post that included a screenshot of a text conversation with Sean "Diddy" Combs that was criticized by the American Jewish Committee as "anti-Jewish."West was previously suspended by Instagram for 24 hours in March for directing a racial slur at "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah.Earlier this week, West stirred controversy for wearing a "White Lives Matter" shirt and dressing several Black models in shirts with the same phrase, deemed a "hate slogan" by the Anti-Defamation League, at his fashion show in Paris.
After being suspended by Meta on Friday, Kanye West posted on Twitter for the first time in nearly two years — a move celebrated by Elon Musk, who is in the process of buying the social media network.
West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, tweeted a photograph of a hat that said 2024. Musk responded with his own tweet, reading "Welcome back to Twitter, my friend!"
West last posted on Twitter in November 2020, just after the last U.S. presidential election. Following his first tweet on Friday, West posted another one which included a picture of himself with Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, accusing him of kicking him off Instagram.
In a statement to CNN Business on Saturday, a Meta spokesperson said content from West's account was deleted for violating the company's policies and a restriction was placed on his account. It did not specify what was objectionable about the content or what kind of restriction was imposed.
The move comes after West shared a since-deleted post that included a screenshot of a text conversation with Sean "Diddy" Combs that was criticized by the American Jewish Committee as "anti-Jewish."
West was previously suspended by Instagram for 24 hours in March for directing a racial slur at "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah.
Earlier this week, West stirred controversy for wearing a "White Lives Matter" shirt and dressing several Black models in shirts with the same phrase, deemed a "hate slogan" by the Anti-Defamation League, at his fashion show in Paris.
