California regulators say the company, maker of World of Warcraft and Call of
Duty, had a “frat boy drinking culture” that led to unwanted advances and
offensive treatment of women.
Margarethe Vestager, Europe’s top antitrust and digital regulator, says
individual responsibility needs to be coupled with social media reform in the
fight against deception.
Margrethe Vestager of the EU helped develop the idea of treating digital
companies as “gatekeepers” if they stand in between consumers and other
companies.
Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Google promised to test tools that could help
reduce abuse directed at women online and make the reporting process easier.
Lina Khan, the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission, doesn’t believe we can
trust big tech companies with our privacy as they focus on serving shareholders.