Moz News Beat -- This week's internet news from awesome to awful
Story 1: One outgoing 3-year old who LOVES to say hello to people on his morning walk isn’t letting social distancing get him down. Story 2: Coronavirus has cancelled live music in the real world. So musicians are going online to sing to us from their living rooms, spreading some much needed cheer.
Story 3: The Twitter account for frozen meat product Steak-Umm became a celebrated voice of reason this week when it took on coronavirus misinformation. Story 4: Sharing recipes, online book clubs, pen pals—pandemic quarantine has turned the internet back into that nicer version of itself we remember from years ago.
Story 5: In Finland, social media influencers were deemed essential workers alongside doctors & nurses as the country taps them to spread factual information during the pandemic. Story 6: Family gatherings and religious ceremonies for Passover and Easter have moved online this week during the global pandemic as people come together the best they can.
Story 7: We put together some super helpful tips to help keep your Zoom happy hours & family gatherings private and free of uninvited guests. Story 8: NY Times dug into the data of how our internet use has changed since the pandemic hit. More local news, video games, & Netflix. Less partisan news, smartphones, & sports.
Story 9: Researchers think our poop might be the best indicator to know when we’re safe enough from the coronavirus to go back to public life and when we might need to lock back down. Story 10: Yet one more small reason the coronavirus pandemic sucks -- the Unicode Consortium says it will delay the release of next year’s new crop of emojis by six months.
Story 11: Those targeted ads that follow us around everywhere after we search for something online may be contributing to our mental health problems. Story 12: Two school kids in the US have sued Google alleging their educational tools are collecting face scans and voiceprints of millions of students in violation of the law.

Links to All the Stories

👍 One Outgoing Toddler Isn’t Letting Social Distancing Get Him Down -- Twitter

🎤 How “quarantine concerts” are keeping live music alive as venues remain closed -- Vox
🥩 How Steak-Umm—yes, that Steak-Umm—became a voice of reason in the pandemic -- Fast Company

😀 Why does it suddenly feel like 1999 on the internet? -- MIT Technology Review

🇫🇮 Finland taps social media influencers during coronavirus crisis -- Politico EU

🐰 Passover and Easter are now Zoom events -- The Verge

🔓 Tips to Make Your Zoom Gatherings More Private -- Mozilla

🌐 The Virus Changed the Way We Internet -- NY Times

💩 The Key to Tracking Coronavirus Could Be Your Poo -- OneZero on Medium

😢 New emoji are being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic -- Engadget

🧠 When targeted ads feel a little too targeted -- Vox

👎 Two children sue Google for allegedly collecting students' biometric data -- CNET

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