Snapchat Launches Family Center

Snapchat Launches Family Center

Snapchat is launching Family Center, a tool that allows teens to opt-in so that their parents have insight into how they’re using the popular chat app and who they’re interacting with. It’s opt-in on both ends, which means that the teens must agree. Snapchat’s Family...
Ask Trish: All About Algorithms

Ask Trish: All About Algorithms

Dear Trish, I don’t really know exactly what an algorithm is. Also, are they good or bad? I’m so confused. First and foremost, thank you so much for this important question (and for being honest and open to learning!). I want to begin by validating your confusion:...
Ask Trish: Navigating Tech Post-Roe

Ask Trish: Navigating Tech Post-Roe

By Trisha Prabhu Me – and so many other women – thinking to myself after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision: “Is tech safe anymore?” As I’m sure many Ask Trish readers will know, on June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in the case Dobbs v. Jackson...
Ask Trish: Digital Boundaries

Ask Trish: Digital Boundaries

By Trisha Prabhu Trish, my friend keeps posting pics of us on her Insta, and I look so bad in all of them. I once asked her to check with me first but she keeps forgetting and I don’t want to ask over and over. What do I do? Hi there, and thanks so much for the super...
Instagram Testing Age Verification Technology

Instagram Testing Age Verification Technology

How it works and why it matters by Larry Magid Listen to “Instagram experiments with age verification technology” on Spreaker.Larry Magid speaks to Yoti executive Julie Dawson about how age estimation technology worksIn 2008, I served on the Internet...