Facebook’s Instagram-for-children plan causes alarm; Google provides a Covid-19 update; suppliers to big tech linked to forced labour; Flipkart raising money and more

Leading today’s tech briefing is an open letter from America’s state attorneys general to Facebook to abandon its plan to build a version of Instagram targeting children below the age of 13. In the letter, they wrote: “It appears that Facebook is not responding to a need, but instead creating one, as this platform appeals primarily to children who otherwise do not or would not have an Instagram account. The attorneys general urge Facebook to abandon its plans to launch this new platform.” Also in the briefing, Google provides an update on Covid-19 information on search and maps in India; Apple suppliers linked to forced labour; Flipkart may raise as much as $2 billion ahead of its IPO