Mexico explores ways to regulate social media among children
Mexico is exploring ways to regulate the use of social media by children and adolescents, as countries such as Australia and Brazil have done, with government-led discussions on the harmful effects of platforms like Instagram and TikTok.
Discord halts livestreams in Brazil after watchdog cites child safety failures
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said on Aug 17 it suspended its livestreams in Brazil after criticism that it failed to protect children and adolescents.
A man asked a bot to book him a gym class. It deleted someone else’s spot instead
Andrew Bird was using an OpenClaw agent to book a gym class when it pulled out all the stops to move him up the waitlist.
US states take Meta to trial in California in the biggest fight yet over social media harms to children
Of the thousands of lawsuits Meta faces over child safety on its platforms, none may be more consequential than one going to trial this week in California.
As comedians toy with AI, who will get the last laugh?
Several acts at the Edinburgh Fringe are testing the boundaries of creativity using artificial intelligence.
France’s top court blocks under-15 social media ban, citing constitutional freedoms
A top court in France on Aug 14 struck down a law banning children under 15 from using social media, saying it infringes on fundamental freedoms.
'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows
Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit, but the high-tech specs have also turned into a liability, as some are calling the gadget "pervert glasses."
Opinion: I tested a popular AI slop detector. It felt empowering
Pangram excels at distinguishing chatbot-generated words from human writing. But it's not reliable for spotting artificial images.
Twitch sparks gamers' wrath with Amazon AI sharing deal
Livestream gaming giant Twitch has raised hackles among its millions of users after declaring it will share their data with its parent company Amazon to better train the online retailer's AI models.
Meta says it’s shut down 750,000 under-16 accounts in Australia
Meta Platforms Inc says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country's landmark youth social media ban last year.
