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Olivia Carville

@livcarville
21 posts
2024-12-22
A lawsuit filed by 64 families against @Snapchat could change the internet as we know it. And Michael Brewer, 17, is a star witness because he's one of only two teens in the case who survived fentanyl poisoning. All the other kids are dead. 🎁 link here: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-12-22 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at a lawsuit from 64 families against Snap that alleges Snapchat's design is responsible for connecting teens to dealers selling counterfeit drugs

Snapchat is currently being sued by the families of teens who allegedly bought drugs from dealers who they were recommended to follow. … X: Brad Stone / @bradstone : Another remark...

2024-12-21
A lawsuit filed by 64 families against @Snapchat could change the internet as we know it. And Michael Brewer, 17, is a star witness because he's one of only two teens in the case who survived fentanyl poisoning. All the other kids are dead. 🎁 link here: https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-12-21 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at a lawsuit from 64 families against Snap that alleges Snapchat's design is responsible for connecting teens to dealers selling counterfeit drugs

“I'm a survivor, and that's bad for you, CEO of Snapchat, because, uh, uh, uh ...” Michael Brewer can't finish his sentence. Bluesky: @rachaelmyrow . Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to...

2024-10-08
🚨@HindenburgRes is shorting Roblox, claiming the gaming platform inflates metrics and is a “pedophile hellscape for kids.” The report cites a @BW investigation @cecianasta and I spent months reporting on 👇🏻 [image]
2024-10-08 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Short seller Hindenburg releases a report accusing Roblox of inflating user metrics to investors and prioritizing growth over protecting minors; RBLX drops 5%+

Research firm alleges the videogame company has exaggerated user data and engagement figures  —  Short-selling firm Hindenburg Research …

2024-07-25
🚨Six weeks after my ⁦@BW⁩ cover story on sextortion scams driving teens to suicide, ⁦@Meta⁩ carried out a mass purge. Today, it announced it's removed 63,000 (😱) fake accounts linked to sextortion scammers in Nigeria. Holy cow; 63,000. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-07-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Meta removes ~63K Instagram accounts used by sextortion scammers in Nigeria, along with ~7,200 Facebook accounts, Pages, and Groups linked to the Yahoo Boys

- Purge includes thousands of Groups offering sextortion ‘tips’  — One network of 20 criminals was running 2,500 fake accounts

2024-07-23
🚨 Every day, 30 million kids (under 13) play on Roblox. And the internet's biggest playground is drawing in predators. @cecianasta and I spent months tracking police arrests linked to the platform for @BW https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @BW
2024-07-23 View on X
Bloomberg

An investigation shows how pedophiles groom children using Roblox, a problem exacerbated by Roblox not collecting any personal information beyond a user's age

Bloomberg :

2024-04-16
“I will make you regret your life. I promise you. I swear...” 🚨Since 2022, sextortion has become the fastest growing crime in the U.S. And more than two dozen teenage boys have killed themselves. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2024-04-16 View on X
Bloomberg

How scammers, often from Nigeria, are using sextortion to target teenage boys on social media in the US, leading to at least 20 suicides over an 18-month period

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg :

2023-11-29
🧵 On NYE 2020, a group of teens from the same Long Island high school discovered they'd become victims of violent deepfake porn. That's where our story starts. But it twists and turns in so many unexpected ways.. Read my latest in @BW with @MargiMurphy https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2023-11-29 View on X
Bloomberg

How deepfake porn victims in NYC suburb Levittown helped convict the perpetrator, a former classmate, an ordeal further complicated by the lack of clear US laws

A group of young women in a New York City suburb, horrified to learn their photographs had been manipulated and posted online, took matters into their own hands. Bluesky: @leahnyle...

2023-03-02
TikTok just announced its limiting screen time for its youngest users to one hour a day. This'll be a game-changer for the millions of children who use the app almost constantly (they can opt out of this safety net, of course) https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-03-02 View on X
TechCrunch

TikTok introduces new well-being features, including improving screen time controls, adding new default settings for teens, and expanding Family Pairing

but this potentially is a big first step away from the App Addiction business model https://twitter.com/... Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_ : TikTok announces “every account belonging ...

2022-11-30
New @BW cover story: At least 15 children died trying an online dare last year. Most saw it on TikTok. The world's most popular app knows it can do more to protect kids. So why isn't it? https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at TikTok's role in spreading the “blackout challenge”, leading some kids to choke themselves to death, as critics say the company could be doing more

“Sissy's tangled!”  —  The 5-year-old boy's panicked cries echoed down the hallway of the Arroyos' three-bedroom clapboard house in Milwaukee.

I spoke to more than two dozen trust and safety sources at TikTok to understand what happens inside the company when a child dies trying an online dare. The answer: Agents search for the child's account to see if the algorithm was to blame. And, in some cases, it was.
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signs an EO banning TikTok for state agencies, employees, and contractors using state devices over China's “security threat”

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg :

By children, I mean under 13. Kids so young they are —legally — not allowed to be on TikTok. Every three months, the platform removes 20 million suspected underage accounts. But, with more than 1 billion users, this task is endless.
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signs an EO banning TikTok for state agencies, employees, and contractors using state devices over China's “security threat”

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg :

I spoke to more than two dozen trust and safety sources at TikTok to understand what happens inside the company when a child dies trying an online dare. The answer: Agents search for the child's account to see if the algorithm was to blame. And, in some cases, it was.
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at TikTok's role in spreading the “blackout challenge”, leading some kids to choke themselves to death, as critics say the company could be doing more

“Sissy's tangled!”  —  The 5-year-old boy's panicked cries echoed down the hallway of the Arroyos' three-bedroom clapboard house in Milwaukee.

By children, I mean under 13. Kids so young they are —legally — not allowed to be on TikTok. Every three months, the platform removes 20 million suspected underage accounts. But, with more than 1 billion users, this task is endless.
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

A look at TikTok's role in spreading the “blackout challenge”, leading some kids to choke themselves to death, as critics say the company could be doing more

“Sissy's tangled!”  —  The 5-year-old boy's panicked cries echoed down the hallway of the Arroyos' three-bedroom clapboard house in Milwaukee.

New @BW cover story: At least 15 children died trying an online dare last year. Most saw it on TikTok. The world's most popular app knows it can do more to protect kids. So why isn't it? https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-11-30 View on X
Bloomberg

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem signs an EO banning TikTok for state agencies, employees, and contractors using state devices over China's “security threat”

Alex Barinka / Bloomberg :

2021-08-18
Last week Airbnb announced it was updating its terms of service to “empower sexual assault survivors.” The backstory behind that change: Two women brave enough to share their stories and call on the company to stop “silencing” survivors. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2021-08-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Airbnb says it will change its TOS this fall to no longer require arbitration in cases involving sexual assault of hosts and guests, after two women sued

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rileyraygriffin , @sylviavarnham , @livcarville , @business , @livcarville , and @livcarville Tweets: Riley Ray Griffin / @rileyraygriffin :...

An Airbnb lawyer emailed Sherry Dooley's lawyer saying she was bound to arbitrate her claims against the company because she signed the terms of service. We quote directly from the email here: https://twitter.com/...
2021-08-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Airbnb says it will change its TOS this fall to no longer require arbitration in cases involving sexual assault of hosts and guests, after two women sued

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rileyraygriffin , @sylviavarnham , @livcarville , @business , @livcarville , and @livcarville Tweets: Riley Ray Griffin / @rileyraygriffin :...

When Airbnb made its announcement, it said it hadn't forced a survivor into arbitration since January 2019. Sherry Dooley and her lawyer say this is corporate deception. “They can't say upfront that they changed this when their actions are just the opposite,” her lawyer said.
2021-08-18 View on X
Bloomberg

Airbnb says it will change its TOS this fall to no longer require arbitration in cases involving sexual assault of hosts and guests, after two women sued

Olivia Carville / Bloomberg : Tweets: @rileyraygriffin , @sylviavarnham , @livcarville , @business , @livcarville , and @livcarville Tweets: Riley Ray Griffin / @rileyraygriffin :...

2020-08-20
Airbnb IPO is underway! Long time coming — and in the middle of a pandemic — this is bound to be a fascinating stock market debut https://news.airbnb.com/...
2020-08-20 View on X
CNBC

Airbnb announces a global party ban at its listings and an occupancy cap of 16 people, saying some users took “bar and club behavior to homes” during COVID-19

- Home-sharing platform Airbnb has introduced a global ban on parties as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Airbnb IPO is underway! Long time coming — and in the middle of a pandemic — this is bound to be a fascinating stock market debut https://news.airbnb.com/...
2020-08-20 View on X
CNBC

Airbnb said it submitted its draft S-1 for an IPO to the SEC on Wednesday

- Airbnb has submitted a draft registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering.  — The company did not disclose its financial information nor ...

2020-05-09
Covid-19 continues to bulldoze the travel industry, slashing valuations left, right and center. Airbnb-backed Zeus Living raised money at half the valuation it commanded just five months ago. Great scoop by @GillianTan & @Katie_Roof https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology
2020-05-09 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Zeus, a long-term corporate housing marketplace, raises $15M from existing investors, halving the company's valuation to ~$110M from December round

Bloomberg : Tweets: @livcarville , @gilliantan , and @katie_roof Tweets: Olivia Carville / @livcarville : Covid-19 continues to bulldoze the travel industry, slashing valuations l...