EU tells France to amend social media ban law
The EU on July 6 ruled that a French draft law to ban social media for under-15s would infringe the bloc's rules if approved in its current form.
Reddit is cracking down on AI marketing slop with its own AI
Reddit Inc is battling a new kind of spam: stealth marketing content created by brands that want to get mentioned by popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini.
Nigeria probes big tech, AI firms for 'unlawful' media content use
Nigeria's competition regulator said on July 6 it was investigating major technology and artificial intelligence (AI) companies over allegations of "unlawful exploitation of news content" and "unfair market practices".
Opinion: AI is making scams hard to spot. Here’s how to protect yourself.
A criminal could be masquerading as a celebrity, web store or family member asking for your money. Detecting scams requires a new approach.
Threads, Meta’s ‘Twitter Killer,’ finds its people
The social platform that Meta once positioned as a rival to Elon Musk's X now has 500 million monthly users. It increasingly resembles Reddit.
Should Hong Kong ban smartphones in schools and who makes final call?
No consensus exists among educators and parents in Hong Kong on whether there should be a blanket ban on gadgets, as seen in some countries.
India tells Meta to remove child abuse content from Instagram
India notified Meta Platforms Inc that it needs to remove sexual content involving children from its platforms, including Instagram, marking the latest regulatory headache for the US tech giant.
India to summon Meta over child sexual abuse content
India's technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has asked his team to summon Meta Platforms Inc over sexual content involving children on Instagram, government officials familiar with the matter said on July 3.
Video games in Europe face new restrictions on age, ‘loot boxes’
The video-game industry is bracing for a wave of European regulations that could limit kids' access to some video games, potentially crimping sales across the globe.
Australian prime minister condemns delay of changes to child social media ban
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on July 3 condemned senators who blocked changes to a world-first social media ban for children, saying tech giants would use the delay to destroy incriminating documents that could be used as evidence against them.
