The chapter discusses the proposed legislation, Kids Online Safety Act (Cosa), and the different perspectives of tech CEOs. It highlights the disagreement among platforms on how to protect underage users and explores the idea of age verification. The chapter also raises concerns about the effectiveness of the legislation and emphasizes the importance of holding tech companies accountable for child safety.
Apple’s Vision Pro headset is now for sale in stores. Will it live up to the hype? Kevin Roose and Casey Newton tried it out to see. Then, in a high-profile congressional hearing on child safety and social media, Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta chief executive, made an apology to families of victims of online child abuse. Is new legislation on the horizon? And finally, what the collapse of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company, means for the future of self-driving cars.
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