Zamaan Qureshi
@zamaan.bsky.social
Co-Chair at @designitforus.bsky.social. Alum: @accountabletech.bsky.social, @ausis.bsky.social, Real Facebook Oversight Board, @markey.senate.gov, @casten.house.gov. YNWA | 🇺🇸🇬🇧 | he/him | opinions my own
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May 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks @jonfavs.bsky.social and @max-fisher.bsky.social for highlighting our research that @accountabletech.bsky.social and @designitforus.bsky.social did on Instagram Teen Accounts!
You can check out the full research here: accountabletech.org/research/sca...
You can check out the full research here: accountabletech.org/research/sca...
The moment a lawyer representing Meta, Google, and Amazon got schooled by a federal judge for sounding like the tobacco industry in attempting to say social media isn't addictive to minors:
“You sound like the tobacco companies... It might be actually worse than a carcinogen."
“You sound like the tobacco companies... It might be actually worse than a carcinogen."
April 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The moment a lawyer representing Meta, Google, and Amazon got schooled by a federal judge for sounding like the tobacco industry in attempting to say social media isn't addictive to minors:
“You sound like the tobacco companies... It might be actually worse than a carcinogen."
“You sound like the tobacco companies... It might be actually worse than a carcinogen."
This was a pretty shocking moment from Sarah Wynn-Williams, the latest Meta whistleblower to come forward, to Sen. Hawley.
"Meta’s now a trillion dollar company… we’ve got the most valuable segment of the population [13-17 y/o] and we have them. We should be trumpeting it from the rooftops.”
"Meta’s now a trillion dollar company… we’ve got the most valuable segment of the population [13-17 y/o] and we have them. We should be trumpeting it from the rooftops.”
April 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This was a pretty shocking moment from Sarah Wynn-Williams, the latest Meta whistleblower to come forward, to Sen. Hawley.
"Meta’s now a trillion dollar company… we’ve got the most valuable segment of the population [13-17 y/o] and we have them. We should be trumpeting it from the rooftops.”
"Meta’s now a trillion dollar company… we’ve got the most valuable segment of the population [13-17 y/o] and we have them. We should be trumpeting it from the rooftops.”
Pretty stunning testimony here from Sarah Wynn-Williams, the latest Meta whistleblower to come forward, to Sen. Blackburn:
"Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers."
"Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers."
April 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Pretty stunning testimony here from Sarah Wynn-Williams, the latest Meta whistleblower to come forward, to Sen. Blackburn:
"Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers."
"Facebook was targeting 13-17-year-olds. It could identify when they were feeling worthless, or helpless... and share it with advertisers."
Solomon explains exactly why the Kids Codes are common-sense: this is about mitigating the bad and maximizing the good on social media.
UK/EU has these protections, and the Internet as not ceased to exist! (As Netchoice claims it would)
UK/EU has these protections, and the Internet as not ceased to exist! (As Netchoice claims it would)
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Solomon explains exactly why the Kids Codes are common-sense: this is about mitigating the bad and maximizing the good on social media.
UK/EU has these protections, and the Internet as not ceased to exist! (As Netchoice claims it would)
UK/EU has these protections, and the Internet as not ceased to exist! (As Netchoice claims it would)
Netchoice, a tech industry proxy group, has sued to block AADCs in California and Maryland even though the laws do not violate the 1st amendment, and MD tweaked their law. Netchoice has attacked the law because Big Tech simply "do[es] not want regulation."
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Netchoice, a tech industry proxy group, has sued to block AADCs in California and Maryland even though the laws do not violate the 1st amendment, and MD tweaked their law. Netchoice has attacked the law because Big Tech simply "do[es] not want regulation."
AADC/Kids Codes are common-sense measures meant to offer companies a path to creating online experiences that are safer for young people. As Del. Solomon explains, this is about giving companies "room to innovate" without "overly burden[ing]" them.
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
AADC/Kids Codes are common-sense measures meant to offer companies a path to creating online experiences that are safer for young people. As Del. Solomon explains, this is about giving companies "room to innovate" without "overly burden[ing]" them.
Amid congressional inaction to protect young people online, states are stepping up and leading the way by passing Age-Appropriate Design Code laws that require Big Tech to design their products for us.
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
March 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Amid congressional inaction to protect young people online, states are stepping up and leading the way by passing Age-Appropriate Design Code laws that require Big Tech to design their products for us.
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵
Here's Maryland Delegate Jared Solomon crushing tech talking points🧵