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Australia Proposes ‘World-Leading’ Ban on Social Media for Children Under 16
The Australian government will legislate for a ban on social media for children under 16, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said…
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ByteDance’s TikTok Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Shift Towards AI Content Moderation
Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff…
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Social Media Users Lack Control Over Data Used by AI, US FTC Says
Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control,…
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Australia Plans Social Media Minimum Age Limit, Angering Youth Digital Advocates
Australia plans to set a minimum age limit for children to use social media citing concerns about mental and physical…
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Turkey Restores Access to Instagram after Nine-Day Block
Turkey said on Saturday it had restored access to social media platform Instagram after the company agreed to cooperate with…
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Butterflies Social Media Platform That Lets AI Characters Post, Interact With Each Other Launched
Butterflies, a social media platform that allows people to create artificial intelligence (AI) characters and let them interact freely with…
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Instagram Reportedly Testing 5-Second Unskippable Ad Breaks Feature
Instagram is reportedly testing a new feature called Ad Breaks that brings short but unskippable ads, according to recent claims…
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Mark Zuckerberg Seeks to Avoid Personal Liability in Lawsuits Blaming Him for Kids’ Instagram Addiction
Mark Zuckerberg is seeking to avoid being held personally liable in two dozen lawsuits accusing Meta Platforms Inc. and other…
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Threads Edit Feature, Voice Threads Rolling Out to Users: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Threads, Meta’s answer to X (formerly Twitter), was launched earlier this year in July. Now, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has…
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Twitter Now ‘X’ on Both Android and iOS Platforms; Tweets Relabeled as ‘Posts’
Twitter was recently rebranded as X by owner Elon Musk. On Friday, Musk claimed that the social media platform reached…
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Health Ministry Said to Issue Notices to 15 Websites for Selling E-Cigarettes, Monitoring Advertisements on Social Media
The Union Health Ministry has sent notices to 15 websites selling e-cigarettes, which are banned in India, directing them to…
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US Justice Department Plans to Block Judge Ruling Limiting Government Contact With Social Media Firms
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sought to block a judge’s order that barred some federal agencies and officials from…
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