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Australia begins enforcing under-16 social media ban, but probes stay under wraps
Australia began enforcing its under-16 social media ban on Wednesday, but the online safety regulator says it won’t comment on individual investigations, leaving th... (more story)
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US Supreme Court considers FTC’s executive power, ‘for cause’ removal protections
The US Supreme Court seemed poised Monday to give the president the power to remove members of independent agencies such as the Federal Trade Commission for any rea... (more story)
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Social media giants say US school districts can't link design features, damages
School districts cannot pin a youth mental-health crisis, or their multimillion-dollar plan for fixing it, on any design feature of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Sn... (more story)
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Tech companies are set to feature prominently in UK plans to tackle violence against women and girls, which the government has confirmed will be published on Thursday after a number of delays. Reports of a pus... (more story)
Mobile companies BT Group and Three have vowed full cooperation with the UK telecom regulator after it opened probes into outages that disrupted call services, including access to emergency numbers. The operat... (more story)
Online platforms regulated under the UK’s Online Safety Act will be subject to a parliamentary inquiry into addictive use of technology and how that impacts children’s development. It will likely begin early n... (more story)
The UK financial watchdog released a major crypto regulatory package on Tuesday as cryptoasset firms get set to become fully regulated in late-2027. The Financial Conduct Authority published three major consul... (more story)
South Korea’s pick to lead the newly rebuilt communications watchdog vowed to get enforcement moving again on Tuesday, flagging consumer “dark patterns,” Big-Tech app-store practices and the growing policy pus... (more story)
Louisiana joined a string of states that saw its social media age-verification law stuck down as unconstitutional, with a federal judge in Baton Rouge saying that SB 162 was a content-based law that needs to j... (more story)
WhatsApp must overhaul its privacy interface within three months, following a court ruling that all Indian user data shared with Meta Platforms — including for advertising — requires explicit, revocable consen... (more story)
Apple won't have to make its top executives available for depositions in a private antitrust lawsuit in California federal court over an agreement between the iPhonemaker and Google to maintain Google’s monopo... (more story)
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Regulators worldwide have woken up to a need to police online safety for minors. Australia has arguably gone the furthest, banning social media for under-16s from this week. In Europe, America, Asia and beyond... (more story)
The video-games industry has moved into the global regulatory spotlight. Policymakers, particularly in the EU, are advancing new rules and stricter enforcement, while court cases are multiplying in the US, all... (more story)
Age verification is increasingly seen as a way to keep children away from harm online, as seen with versions in place in the EU, UK and the US. But there are widespread fears that proving your age necessarily ... (more story)
Governments around the world are trying to tighten their scrutiny of social media recommender systems, the algorithms that determine what users see on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. After years of deb... (more story)
Government social media age restrictions, such as the one coming into force this week in Australia, or broad content-moderation laws such as those in the EU and the UK, are impossible in the US because they ar... (more story)
The Indian government has scrapped its directive mandating the "Sanchar Saathi" cybersecurity app on new smartphones after just five days. Despite claiming "increasing acceptance," the swift U-turn — forced by... (more story)
The Global Disinformation Index, or GDI, has joined Media Matters in asking a US court to curb the Federal Trade Commission’s probe into an alleged advertiser boycott — a challenge that is expected to see simi... (more story)
Investment funds engaging in for-profit support of court cases aren't likely to see any EU-wide regulatory action in the short term. The European Commission appears to see no reason to intervene, and for now i... (more story)