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Utah sues TikTok over China connections, manipulating children with addictive design

TechSpot

In the suit, filed by Utah's Division of Consumer Protection (UDCP), Attorney General Sean Reyes accuses TikTok of violating Utah's consumer laws by deploying and marketing "an addictive product with design features intended to manipulate children." Read Entire Article

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New Jersey AG sues Discord over alleged child safety failures

Engadget

The lawsuit claims that Discord has "misled parents about the efficacy of its safety controls and obscured the risks children faced when using the application." The details of the lawsuit are currently sealed, but Platkin's announcement suggests a few ways he plans to argue Discord's approach may have endangered children.

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Utah just became the first state in the country to pass an age verification law for app stores

Engadget

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. The legislation is intended to protect children and teens, according to bill sponsor Todd Weiler, a Republican state senator.

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Please Join VisionLink In Welcoming Aaron Titus To Our Proud Family!

VisionLink

from the George Washington School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Architecture from the University of Utah. Aaron is a proud husband and father of six children, with his and his wife’s seventh child arriving in early 2015. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

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Welcome to the 2021 Digital Inclusion Fellows

NTEN

Our seventh cohort includes 15 Fellows from around the country : Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

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3 Must-Have Productivity Tools for Creating Visual Content for Social Channels

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Text overlay images are a short form of visual content that combine powerful images and text into a story that supports your objective and resonates with your audience. Text overlay images are easily shared on social channels by your organization as well as your champions and other supporters like the example above from Voices for Utah Children.

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The big question on every startup’s mind for 2021

TechCrunch

Alex Wilhelm broke down the Utah-based unicorn’s numbers , noting that it’s the second time Qualtrics has filed. Speaking of humbling moments and optimism, our own Sarah Perez wrote a piece this week about EarlyBird , an app that lets families and friends gift investments to children. Equity Shot: All about the Qualtrics IPO.

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