Instagram rolls out teen accounts with privacy, parental controls as scrutiny mounts
September 17, 2024
Meta Platforms META-Q is rolling out special accounts with new privacy settings for teenaged Instagram users, it said on Tuesday, its latest effort to limit their exposure to harmful content on its apps amid regulatory pressure.The social media firm said it will port all designated accounts automatically to teen accounts, which will be private accounts by default.Users of such accounts can only be messaged and tagged by accounts they follow or are already connected to, while sensitive content settings will be dialed to the most restrictive available.
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A real estate developer says it’s poised to close its purchase of a struggling downtown Winnipeg shopping centre and turn it into affordable housing, health-care services and gathering spaces.True North Real Estate Development says it has reached an agreement to buy Portage Place and its underlying land and parking, and that work is to begin to finalize the deal in the coming days.
September 27, 2024 - 14:57 | | The Globe and Mail
A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” that risks hurting marginalized members of society.It’s the latest in a series of penalties levelled against Coun. Lisa Robinson of Pickering, Ont., and a situation that the mayor has said underscores the need for changes to the province’s Municipal Act to allow stricter sanctions, up to the removal of a councillor from office...
September 27, 2024 - 14:50 | Rianna Lim | The Globe and Mail
Police, firefighters and first responders will descend on Regina in August 2028 for the Can-Am Police-First Games. Events will include the "Toughest Firefighter Alive" competition.
September 27, 2024 - 14:49 | Andrew Benson | Global News - Canada
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