Spain will join the growing list of countries banning access to social media for children, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Tuesday. The law will apply to users under 16…
Read more Spain set to ban social media for children under 16The European Commission has found that Meta and TikTok had violated rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and is now giving them the chance to comply if…
Read more EU charges Meta and TikTok over failures to tackle illegal contentOfcom has slapped 4chan with a £20,000 ($26,700) fine for failing to comply with the internet and telecommunications regulator’s request for information under the UK’s Online Safety Act…
Read more UK regulator fines 4chan for ignoring Online Safety Act demandsElon Musk just got an early, unwelcome Christmas present from Europe: the bloc’s first-ever investigation via its new social media law into X. The European Commission on Monday…
Read more X vs. EU: Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic contentEUROPOL HEADQUARTERS, THE HAGUE — “Please knock. Do not enter,” said the sign on the door of Europe’s heavily-secured law enforcement headquarters in the Netherlands. Inside, detectives were…
Read more Inside the police force scouring the internet to save abused childrenPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — A photo with a bloody dead baby whose face is blurred has been circulating on…
Read more Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the warElon Musk has made himself Europe’s digital public enemy No. 1. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the billionaire’s social network X has been flooded with gruesome images,…
Read more Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No. 1Glazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone’s speakers. It’s a familiar scene for parents around the world as…
Read more The EU wants to cure your teen’s smartphone addictionEU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton wants Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain and take “immediate” action over a recently exposed large pedophile network on Instagram. Instagram has…
Read more EU to Zuckerberg: Explain yourself over Instagram pedophile networkLONDON — Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating that row will…
Read more UK locks horns with WhatsApp over threat to break encryptionPARIS — French parents had better think twice before posting too many pictures of their offspring on social media. On Tuesday, members of the National Assembly’s law committee unanimously…
Read more France aims to protect kids from parents oversharing pics onlineLONDON — The United Kingdom wants to police the internet. Shame the European Union got there first. Brexit was supposed to let Britain do things quicker. But less…
Read more UK takes fresh stab at internet rules as EU framework surges aheadPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. After Elon Musk bought Twitter — and fired almost anyone whose job it was to deal with…
Read more Elon Musk gives Europe’s digital watchdogs their biggest test yetTwitter’s director for EU public policy Stephen Turner is among the thousands of employees laid off by its new owner Elon Musk, Turner announced on the platform Monday.…
Read more Musk fires chief Brussels lobbyist in Twitter’s layoff roundPress play to listen to this article Elon Musk has some new super fans: Russia, China and the Islamic State. After the world’s richest man bought Twitter for…
Read more Russia, China and Islamic State jump on Musk’s Twitter bandwagon
