Online abuse: What to know and how to protect yourself and others
Cyberstalking, doxing, deepfakes: Online abuse is real abuse. It takes many forms and often has serious real-world consequences. What steps are important to take, and where can you find support and help?
EU chat control deal expires, halting mass child pornography scanning
From Saturday, online platforms in the European Union will no longer be permitted to carry out mass scanning of private communications in the fight against child pornography.
Influencers accused of peddling medical misinformation on social apps
Many so-called influencers are allegedly spreading "misleading information" about prescription medicines in "ethically problematic" paid-for promotions that blur the line between personal testimony and marketing.
How will Meta and Google's landmark legal defeat change social media?
Two of America's largest tech companies suffered stunning defeats in court, sustaining early jolts in what could prove to be a seismic shift in how social media operates amid a new landscape of legal risk.
US government requests for social media user data are soaring
US government requests for user data from technology companies has skyrocketed by 770% in the past decade, a new research report has concluded.
It’s International Fact-Checking Day. Refresh your AI identification skills
AI-generated content is everywhere these days, making it increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction, particularly when it comes to breaking news.
Meta, YouTube verdict escalates calls for teen social media limits
The push to protect children from social media's harms is gaining momentum globally and beginning to reach Big Tech's home turf in the US.
Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
Advocacy groups and experts condemned YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
These two countries with social media bans aren’t happy with Google and Meta
Indonesia says the two companies are violating its law that bars children under 16 from the social media. Australia has similar concerns.
'Concerning' number of Australian kids on social media despite ban
Three months since Australia's landmark social media ban for under 16s, the country's internet watchdog is investigating five major social media platforms for allegedly not complying, the government in Canberra said on Tuesday.
