Mums build a safe smartphone because Big Tech won't
#457: After juries found Meta liable for harming kids, seven million parents have decided to take child safety into their own hands...
My inbox lit up over the weekend as parents, investors and Silicon Valley rushed to digest the implications of Meta’s crushing court losses last week.
Two juries in two days ruled Meta liable for its algorithm causing addiction and harm to kids, demolishing a legal shield that’s protected social media for 30 years.
It threatens the way Meta harvests data for its US$196 billion ad monopoly. As that sank in, its value slipped US$116 billion. The value of Sony was lost in a day.
Now, a community of seven million mums have mobilised to take control of Meta and other harmful mobile apps literally into their own hands.
They’ve built their own phone and it’s just gone on sale. Today, they reveal how it has safety built in by default to give parents control over what underage kids see.
The Big Story: Mums army launches safe smartphone
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