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Meta will share data with researchers studying online well-being


Ahead of a major Congressional hearing about children's online safety, Meta has announced a collaboration with the Center for Open Science, a non-profit

Ahead of a major Congressional hearing about children’s online safety, Meta has announced a collaboration with the Center for Open Science, a non-profit dedicated to transparency in academic research. Academics have pushed for years to get platforms to share more data with them for their research, but as the impact of social media on mental health becomes an increasingly urgent concern in Congress, these efforts have accelerated. X announced it will hire 100 moderators in Austin, Texas for a “Trust and Safety” center; per Axios, CEO Linda Yaccarino has also been meeting with bipartisan members of congress to discuss how X is handling child sexual exploitation on the platform.

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