Supreme Court seeks Centre's reply on social media curbs for kidsThe petition, filed by Emerald Heights International School, Indore, and its director Siddharth Singh, seeks comprehensive safeguards for c...
17 Oct, 2026, 01.01 AM IST
Inside Google's Gemini safety strategy: Protecting children, verifying age and tackling AI misinformationTo tackle rising child safety concerns linked with AI, Google is taking proactive steps as children engage with chatbots. The focus is on e...
15 Oct, 2026, 01.24 PM IST
Govt seeks expedited development of AI tool to detect child sexual abuse material onlineThe issue came up for discussion during Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annpurna Devi's visit to the office of the National ...
13 Oct, 2026, 08.05 PM IST
Philippine lower house approves bill restricting minors' social media accessThe Philippines is the latest country, from Greece and Portugal to Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, to try to curb social media use by mi...
12 Oct, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Iran-US war: Is key Donald Trump ally Saudi Arabia losing battle against Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen?Iran-US war: The latest attack on the Saudi airport drew condemnations from Arab countries, including Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, as well as U...
11 Oct, 2026, 08.20 PM IST
Meta deploys new AI tools to combat child exploitation on Facebook, InstagramMeta said the new measures are designed to identify advertisements that either feature child sexual abuse material (CSAM) or covertly direc...
07 Oct, 2026, 08.25 PM IST
Apple's Tim Cook praises EU over efforts to protect children onlineApple executive chairman Tim Cook on Tuesday pledged the US giant would protect children online and praised the EU's efforts to ensure mino...
07 Oct, 2026, 12.03 AM IST
A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?When Meta agreed to changes to its social media platforms and enhanced safeguards in an $18 billion settlement, it made progress by "gettin...
06 Oct, 2026, 09.46 AM IST
Captain Smit Machchhar's childhood friend recalls "hero" pilot's calm and composed natureMachchhar, who was hailed for preventing a co-pilot from attempting to crash a Flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, continued...
01 Oct, 2026, 06.10 PM IST
WhatsApp rolls out new parental controls for teenagers: Here's everything you need to knowWhatsApp has introduced enhanced parental controls to assist parents in monitoring their teenage children's app activity. These new feature...
01 Oct, 2026, 03.31 PM IST
Centre backs Supreme Court, plans legal bar on social media accounts for under-18sThe Centre plans to amend the Information Technology Rules to restrict children under 18 from opening social media accounts. During a Supre...
29 Sep, 2026, 07.21 AM IST
IRDAI proposal hits insurance stocks; FSSAI vs ecomm giantsThe insurance regulator has proposed new limits on commissions as part of a wider overhaul. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
24 Sep, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: Decoding EU’s move to dismantle addictive technology for childrenThe proposed KIDS Act would set different access rules by age, bring AI companions and conversational chatbots under the bloc’s child-safet...
24 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Ex-Google safety chief warns AI could harm children more than social media didThe founder of the trust and safety team at Alphabet's Google this week called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that the tech indu...
22 Sep, 2026, 11.04 PM IST
Google to report child abuse content directly to Indian authoritiesGoogle said on Monday it has agreed to report content flagged as child sexual abuse material to Indian authorities, breaking from a global ...
22 Sep, 2026, 09.15 AM IST
Australian PM seeks big tech backing for internet safety, AI rulesAustralian leader Anthony Albanese said Sunday he was seeking big tech backing for his country's child online safety laws and greater AI re...
21 Sep, 2026, 04.49 PM IST
Top Meta India officials appear again before child rights body in sexual abuse material caseThose who appeared before the child rights panel included Meta India chief Arun Srinivas. While coming out, he didn't reply to repeated med...
16 Sep, 2026, 06.02 PM IST