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EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media banThe global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
Indonesia's social media curbs for under 16s take set to start, few know how they workIndonesia's social media curbs, which the government says are intended to reduce the risk of cyberbullying and addiction, follow a ban in...
Juries take the lead in the push for child online safetyTwo juries have held social media giants accountable for harming young users. This marks a significant shift, validating a new legal strate...
Australia says it may go after app stores, search engines in AI age crackdownAustralia in December became the first country to ban social media for teenagers, citing mental health concerns, prompting an outpouring of...
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg faces questioning at youth addiction trialThe lawsuit and others like it are part of a global backlash against social media platforms over children's mental health. Australia and Sp...
Meta, YouTube design apps to addict kids, jury hears as landmark trial beginsA 20-year-old woman identified as Kaley G.M. in court is suing Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google, ...
Instagram, YouTube addiction trial kicks off in Los AngelesA verdict against the tech companies could smooth the way for similar cases in state court, and shake the industry's longstanding U.S. lega...
Reddit takes legal action against Australia’s social media ban for users under 16; US-based firm claims barring U-16 teens would impede political discourse in the countryReddit has filed a lawsuit against Australia's new rule banning under-16s from social media. The company argues the law infringes on politi...
Australian regulator sues Google over anti-competitive Search dealsThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said Google Asia Pacific reached "understandings" with Telstra and Optus between ...
ETtech Explainer: Behind Google’s fight against a second big antitrust trial in USThis case is part of US President Joe Biden’s broader push to regulate Big Tech using antitrust laws. It comes close on the heels of a sign...
US sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopolyThe government argued that Apple violated antitrust laws by preventing other companies from offering applications that compete with Apple p...
Explained: Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines?The United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. Antitrust laws origin...
Australian court dismisses suit against Google over personal data useThe proceedings, initiated by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission in July 2020, alleged Google did not explicitly take consent...
Google ordered to pay Australian politician over defamatory YouTube videosThe Federal Court found the Alphabet Inc company intentionally made money by hosting two videos on its YouTube website attacking the then-d...
Australia challenges Google's ad dominance, calls for data-use rulesThe US justice department is meanwhile preparing an anti-monopoly lawsuit accusing Google of using its market muscle to hobble advertising ...
Facebook, Google fight bill that would help US news industryGoogle has launched a website asserting it is "one of the world's biggest financial supporters of journalism" by virtue of the ad revenue a...
Big Tech under big fire: All you need to knowHere’s a quick guide to what’s happening and what it may all mean.
Australia sues Facebook over user data, echoing U.S. antitrust caseThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it was seeking an unspecified fine from Facebook for promoting a virtual pri...
Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breachesThe commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the scope of personal...