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Petitioners brave surveillance outside Kremlin A small crowd gathered outside Moscow's presidential administration building on Friday to deliver formal appeals urging President Vladimir Putin to...
Regulator flags major gaps in under-16 ban enforcement Australia's internet watchdog has accused the world's largest social media companies of failing to adequately block children under 16 from t...
Government launches real-world test of app restrictions The UK government is trialling digital curfews, time limits and outright bans on social media for hundreds of teenagers to measure the effe...
TikTok removes accounts following BBC investigation into AI avatars Social media platform TikTok has banned 20 accounts after a BBC report exposed the use of AI-generated black female influencers...
Google launches tool to shield personal data from search An underused free service by Google allows users to request the removal of sensitive personal information from search results, reducing ex...
Supreme Court presses WhatsApp on user privacy India's highest court has demanded greater transparency from WhatsApp over its data-sharing practices with parent company Meta, setting the stage fo...
Gabon suspends social media access citing misinformation risks Gabon's media regulator has shut down access to major social media platforms, citing concerns over false information and online hara...
Russia moves to block WhatsApp for millions of users Russian authorities have launched an effort to completely restrict access to WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging platform, impacting over 100 m...
India enforces three-hour takedown rule for social media India has sharply reduced the timeframe for social media platforms to remove unlawful content from 36 hours to just three hours after rece...
EU launches investigation into X's AI tool Grok The European Commission has opened a formal inquiry into Elon Musk's platform X, examining whether its AI-powered image generator Grok violated EU...
Southeast Asia blocks Grok over explicit deepfake concerns Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to restrict access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after reports surfaced of users...
US denies visas to five accused of pressuring social media firms The US State Department announced visa restrictions on Tuesday for five individuals, including a former European Union official, a...
Australia stands firm on under-16 social media ban despite tech industry resistance Australia's Communications Minister Anika Wells has dismissed concerns from major technology firms over the cou...
Australian teens launch High Court challenge against social media ban Two 15-year-old Australians have filed a constitutional challenge against the nation's upcoming ban on social media for under...
Australia expands under-16 social media ban to include Twitch Australia's internet regulator has added Twitch to its list of platforms banned for users under 16, broadening a world-first restrict...
Apple removes two major gay dating apps in China following government directive Apple has removed Blued and Finka, two of China's most widely used gay dating apps, from its Chinese App Store afte...
Australia expands child social media ban to Reddit, Kick ahead of December rollout Australia will extend its pioneering ban on social media for children under 16 to include Reddit and live-stream...
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