Mon. 09/27 – Instagram Kids On “Pause”

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Technology, News, Tech News

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Adam Mosseri pumps the breaks on Instagram Kids but still says it’s a good idea. Tesla is letting people into the “full self-driving” beta, and some folks think that’s a bad idea. Apple knows about that Apple Watch bug. What if the factories are the next worries in China. And Cloudflare wants to tackle email now. Sponsors: Kiwico.com promocode ride UrbanCatalyst.com/techmeme Links: Pausing “Instagram Kids” and Building Parental Supervision Tools (Instagram Blog) Facebook is ‘pausing’ work on Instagram kids app after widespread criticism (The Verge) Facebook Rebuts Report Calling Instagram ‘Toxic’ for Teen Girls (Bloomberg) Tesla owners can now request ‘Full Self-Driving’, prompting criticism from regulators and safety advocates (Washington Post) Apple to Fix Issue Preventing iPhone 13 Users From Unlocking With Apple Watch in Upcoming Software Update (MacRumors) Some Apple, Tesla suppliers suspend production in China amid power pinch (Reuters) Google is slashing the amount it keeps from sales on its cloud marketplace as pressure mounts on app stores (CNBC) Cloudflare Is Taking a Shot at Email Security (Wired) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	startups, startup founders, startup workers.
0:02.7	If you haven't listened to the Ride Home Fund
0:04.7	announcement episode that I dropped on Sunday,
0:07.7	please listen to that.
0:08.7	It's only about five minutes, but it's entirely for you
0:11.6	because I want you to send me your pitch decks and everyone else
0:15.2	listen for how you too can participate in the investment process even if you're not an
0:19.6	LP in the Tech Meam Ride Home Home for Monday, September 27, 2021. I'm Brian McCullough today.
0:35.0	Adam MacSary pumps the brakes on Instagram kids, but still says it's a good idea.
0:40.0	Tesla is letting people into the full self-driving beta, and some folks think that's a bad idea.
0:46.0	Apple knows about that Apple Watch bug, what if the factories are the next worries in China,
0:51.4	and Cloud Flair wants to tackle email now. Here's what you
0:54.9	miss today in the world of tech.
0:58.6	Well, Instagram Head Adam MacSary said in a blog post this morning that Instagram is pausing work on
1:06.1	Instagram kids after criticism from parents, experts, regulators, policymakers, and others.
1:12.1	And of course, after all those Wall Street Journal stories
1:14.8	quoting Masary from the Instagram blog. We started this project to address an important
1:20.3	problem seen across our industry. Kids are getting phones younger and younger,
1:24.3	misrepresenting their age, and downloading apps
1:26.3	that are meant for those 13 or older.
1:28.7	We firmly believe that it's better for parents to have the option
1:31.3	to give their children access to a version of Instagram that is designed for them
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