Barbara Ortutay
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TechHow should kids use TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat? Between an outright ban or allowing free rein, parents are choosing slow, deliberate onboarding
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJune 6, 2024

TechCongress has held a slew of hearings on child online safety but passed no regulation. What are parents—and teens—supposed to do in the meantime?
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJune 6, 2024

FinancePay for executives skyrocketed 12.6% last year, dwarfing the 4.1% raises for rank-and-file employees
By Mae Anderson, Paul Harloff, Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJune 3, 2024

LeadershipTypical S&P 500 CEO pay jumped nearly 13% to $16.3m last year—easily surpassing the gains for workers as inflation squeezes them
By Mae Anderson, Paul Harloff, Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJune 3, 2024

TechMeta AI can answer search queries and recommend a cocktail bar—but you can’t really turn it off even if you want to
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressMay 30, 2024

TechThe White House is pleading with Big Tech to shut off the firehose of sexually abusive AI deepfakes—’if you’re a teenage girl, if you’re a gay kid, these are problems that people are experiencing right now’
By The Associated Press, Matt O'Brien and Barbara OrtutayMay 23, 2024

TechProfessor who invented tool to mass unfollow people on Meta is preemptively suing because he’s afraid of the platform banning him
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressMay 2, 2024

TechElon Musk’s X wants judge to penalize non-profit for documenting hate speech on the platform, costing it millions when advertisers fled
By David Klepper, Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2024

LifestyleDateless? Lawsuit claims Tinder, Hinge, Match apps are addicting users instead of helping them find relationships
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressFebruary 14, 2024

PoliticsWhistleblower says Zuckerberg grilling was just Capitol Hill talk: ‘They know how much harm teens are experiencing, yet they won’t commit to reducing it’
By Barbara Ortutay, Haleluya Hadero and The Associated PressFebruary 1, 2024

FamilyMeta, TikTok, other social media CEOs testify before Senate committee on child exploitation: ‘Constant pursuit of engagement and profit over basic safety’
By Barbara Ortutay, Haleluya Hadero and The Associated PressJanuary 31, 2024

TechMeta’s ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children on Instagram laid bare by freshly unredacted court documents
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2024

TechAmid onslaught of lawsuits, Instagram and Facebook will start hiding posts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders from teenagers’ accounts
By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressJanuary 9, 2024
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