Platform to introduce age-prediction model analysing users but argued to eSafety commissioner it was a source of information not a social media platform
Apple leans into age checks as Australia's teen social media ban goes live, putting the App Store in the middle of a political fight over kids, tech, and compliance.
Australia is about to become the first major democracy to impose a nationwide ban on social media access for under-16s. When the world-first measure comes into force on December 10, platforms including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit…
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A fresh outage at American internet services giant Cloudflare briefly knocked several major websites offline on Friday, affecting platforms such as US President Donald Trump’s Truth Social and popular graphic design site Canva. Users…
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has been fined €120m (£105m) by the EU after it found rule breaches had left users vulnerable to scams and manipulation.
LONDON — European Union regulators on Friday fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X $140 million for breaches of the bloc’s digital regulations that they said could leave users exposed to scams and manipulation.
The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has disclosed the reason security agents are finding it challenging to track armed bandits who flaunt ransom money on social media platforms like TikTok and…
Former special assistant to the prime minister Mirza Shahzad Akbar, who currently resides in the United Kingdom (UK), was declared a proclaimed offender in a case pertaining to his alleged controversial statements on social media platform…
Similarweb: generative AI platforms were averaging ~7B monthly web visits as of September 2025, up 76% YoY, rivaling the traffic of major social networks — New data from Similarweb reveals massive spikes in traffic and app downloads, while…
Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube are beginning to block or log out Australian users under 16 ahead of the country's Dec. 10 social media ban, which aims to protect minors while exempting certain platforms and is being watched globally…
As Meta begins deleting accounts and the deadline looms, children have already begun to flock to platforms not included in the banned list, like Coverstar, Lemon8, Yope and Rednote
Taiwan's interior ministry announces a one-year ban on access to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, citing 1,700+ fraud cases since 2024 — Taiwan's interior ministry said on Thursday it would suspend access to Instagram…