A new report says Meta's guardrails don't work as promised. Meta announced today (Sept. 25) that it would be expanding its youth safety feature, Teen Accounts, to Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram users around the world — a move that will place hundreds of millions of teens under the company’s default safety restrictions. The tech …
By confronting racial harm, immersive media is helping build empathy
A museum is offering AR experiences depicting the Atlanta Race Massacre as a way to foster compassion and understanding. This week marks nearly 120 years since the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, when white mobs laid waste to Black‑owned businesses and lives. At SXSW this spring, I experienced that history through a phone‑based augmented‑reality installation. Standing […]