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Parents, keep your adolescents away from smartphones and social media

Insist on seeing what you’re buying

Frances Haugen, in a keynote address at The Gazette’s Iowa Ideas conference, said Big Tech is failing in its obligations to society.

Iowa Republican House lawmakers have proposed a measure that would require parental consent before children under the age of 18 can use social media.

A secretive group of large energy users -- which could include social media data centers, food processors, manufacturing plants and cryptocurrency mining sites -- said they should be able to buy electricity on the open market rather than from Iowa utilities

The Buy Nothing Project, described as the world’s largest gift economy, allows neighbors in communities around the world to share things they no longer need or have in surplus. Items are given freely with no money, no bartering and no strings attached.

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen warned this past Tuesday that the “metaverse” will be addictive and rob people of yet more personal information while giving the embattled company another monopoly online.

Former Facebook data scientist turned whistleblower Frances Haugen on Monday told lawmakers in the United Kingdom working on legislation to rein in social media companies that the company is making online hate and extremism worse and outlined how it could improve online safety.

“I think one of the problems is social media can be helpful but it's no substitute for what regular journalists do,” he said, adding that it concerns him that some people use social media to circumvent the news media,“ the Cedar Rapids Democrat said.

“This is just simply immoral and unethical that they will set up an environment that hurts kids,” the Iowa Republican said.

The Facebook whistleblower, revealed Sunday, is Frances Haugen, who was born and raised in Iowa City