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Attorney General Tong Shares Update on Fight Against Robocalls

“Since (2019) Since then, we have jointly blocked more than 52 billion spam calls and initiated hundreds of domestic and international investigations to identify, stop, and bring these scammers to justice. Our work has just begun, and we remain steadfast in our commitment to protecting American families from these malicious calls.” – CT Attorney General William Tong Continue Reading →

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Attorney General Tong Warns Consumers that Amazon Sidewalk Will Automatically Connect Smart Home Devices to Shared Network on June 8

“”This is uncharted territory for the privacy and security of devices like Alexa, Echo and Ring, and existing users of those products will be defaulted into the Amazon Sidewalk network automatically on June 8.” – Attorney General William Tong Continue Reading →

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AG Tong Joins Coalition of 44 Attorneys General Urging Facebook to Abandon Launch of Instagram Kids

At a Congressional hearing in March, Zuckerberg dismissed the idea that social media is harmful to children, despite strong data and research that has shown a link between young people’s use of social media and an increase in mental distress, self-injurious behavior, and suicidality. Instagram has been frequently flagged for increasing suicidal ideation, depression, and body image concerns in children. Continue Reading →

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