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Canada's move to rein in AI chatbots, spurred by school shooting, faces doubts over loopholesCanada's new AI chatbot and social media regulation bill, prompted by a school shooting, faces criticism for potential loopholes and a leng...- Canada introduces legislation to ban social media for children under 16, regulate AI chatbotsThe bill also aims to make AI chatbots safer by setting up a digital regulator to establish safety standards, a government official said. C...
- Apple expands child safety tools as social media bans growApple is enhancing tools for parents to safeguard children online. New features will allow parents to manage app usage, content access, and...
- From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...
- Big tech firms must stop young people circulating nude images, says UK PM StarmerUnder the new plans, companies like Apple and Google should build or activate technical solutions on smartphones and tablets to detect and...
- Meta lashes Australia's bid to make tech giants pay for newsTech giant Meta on Thursday attacked Australia's "grossly unfair" bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently ...
- Malaysia Bans Under-16s From Social Media: New Age Verification Rules EnforcedMalaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...
- Apple, Google push for judicial oversight in Canada online safety billApple and Google are urging Canada to amend Bill C-22, seeking judicial oversight to prevent secret orders that could force them to break e...
- EU finds Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, InstagramThe European Union has accused Meta of not effectively preventing users under 13 from accessing Facebook and Instagram, which could lead to...
- Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsroomsAustralia plans to tax Meta, Google, and TikTok. This aims to fund news reporters. The government will introduce legislation by July 2. Pla...
- Global Market Today: Asian stocks drop at open, Brent snaps advancesAsian stocks opened lower, mirroring a tech selloff on Wall Street driven by concerns over AI investment returns ahead of key earnings. Tre...
- Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news dealsAustralia is gearing up to implement a groundbreaking levy on major tech giants. If platforms like Meta, Google, and TikTok fail to compens...
- Australian social media ban marred by weak platform checks, tech providers sayAustralia's teen social media ban faces enforcement challenges due to platforms' weak application of available age-checking tools, not tech...
- Tech layoffs top 73,000 in 2026 as AI drives cuts at Meta, Oracle, othersTech giants are slashing thousands of jobs in 2026, with Meta, Snap, Oracle, and Atlassian leading the charge. AI and automation are cited ...
- Australian tycoon battles Meta over fake adsAustralian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is suing Meta in a US court. He claims Meta should be responsible for scam advertisements featurin...
- UK PM tells social media bosses to step up child online safetyUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday hinted at possible measures limiting children's access to social media, "Things can't go on like...
- 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 issues fresh summons for Google, Meta over teen social media banIndonesia has issued a second summons to Google and Meta. The tech giants allegedly ignored a new ban on social media for users under 16. T...
- Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with child social media curbs, minister saysIn a bold move, Indonesia has called on representatives from Meta and Google due to new regulations targeting social media use among childr...
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