Social media and other internet companies face big fines in Britain if they don’t remove and limit the spread of harmful material such as child sexual abuse or terrorist content and protect users on their platforms, officials said Tuesday. Separately, Irish regulators fined Twitter for a data breach, in the first penalty for a U.S. […]
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Social media users within the EU will soon have a new forum to challenge decision platform by social platforms to remove posts and videos.
On Tuesday the Senate designed to protect kids from dangerous online content, a significant development in online safety of children news.
Researchers discovered a new security vulnerability, SnailLoad, that monitors internet speed of the victim to track the online activity.
Ofcom, the UK's media regulator, has issued a stark warning to social media platforms: adhere to new online safety regulations.
On Wednesday, EU probe increased its scrutiny on Musk’s social media platform X (FKA Twitter), under its rigorous new Digital Services Act.
On August 25th, the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) will usher in its first phase, mandating content monitoring for tech giants.
Our conscious decisions to share personal information online pose a greater risk to our online privacy and security than the technology itself. It was a beautiful summer day, and I was happily scrolling through my social media feed, sharing updates about my life with friends and family. Little did I know that my seemingly innocent […]
Meta Platforms Inc said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where their ads are shown, responding to their demands to distance their marketing from controversial posts on Facebook and Instagram. The system offers advertisers three risk levels they can select for their ad placements, with the most […]
Big tech companies agreed on Monday to reduce harmful online content in New Zealand, making a move that critics said dodged the alternative of government regulation. Meta Platforms Inc, Alphabet-owned Google, TikTok, Amazon.com Inc and Twitter had signed a code of practice, said Netsafe, a government-funded internet-safety group. The companies would follow the code as […]