US court rules Ohio can restrict children's use of social mediaAn appeals court has allowed Ohio to enforce a law requiring parental consent for children under 16 to use social media. This decision over...
19 Jun, 2026, 09.01 AM IST
Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuitsIf adopted by lawmakers and passed into law as part of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) under consideration in the U.S. Senate, such a pro...
19 Jun, 2026, 07.32 AM IST
UAE announces social media ban for under-15s, joining growing trendThe United Arab Emirates has implemented a social media ban for children under 15, requiring platforms to monitor and disable underage acco...
18 Jun, 2026, 05.06 PM IST
FIR against SP MLA over 'objectionable' post targeting BJP MP Kangana RanautAn FIR has been registered against Samajwadi Party MLA Rakesh Kumar Verma in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly making objectionable ...
18 Jun, 2026, 03.52 PM IST
Bombay HC admits Preity Zinta plea against social media, AI firms in deepfake disputeThe Bombay High Court has permitted Preity Zinta to sue over a dozen firms, including social media and AI websites, for infringing her pers...
18 Jun, 2026, 09.40 AM IST
W marks the X-spot: European social network takes on MuskAs Europe pushes for more tech sovereignty, social network W believes it has the X- it's European. The most popular social networks in Euro...
17 Jun, 2026, 10.37 PM IST
Amazon may face penalties from potential FTC ad suit, Bloomberg News reportsThe FTC has a possible complaint against Amazon as part of an ongoing probe, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. ...
17 Jun, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
EU chief says 'time for change' on children's social media accessUrsula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union, is advocating for revisions to how children access social media platforms. A recent s...
16 Jun, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
Psychology says people who spend hours each evening on social media aren't undisciplined or passively bored; they're caught in a feedback loop designed specifically to feel like socializingSocial media platforms, designed for connection, may paradoxically fuel loneliness through passive consumption and parasocial interactions....
16 Jun, 2026, 06.19 PM IST
US judge dismisses Elon Musk's xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAIU.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco said xAI failed to show that OpenAI induced former xAI senior engineer Xuechen Li to divulge ...
16 Jun, 2026, 07.23 AM IST
Florida sues TikTok, claiming it violates state child safety lawThe lawsuit seeks a court order directing the platform, which is owned by ByteDance, to make changes to bring it into compliance with the l...
16 Jun, 2026, 07.19 AM IST
UK Prime Minister Starmer plans social media ban for under-16sBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to ban social media for children under 16, alongside restrictions on gaming and livestr...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
How will the UK ban on social media for under 16s work?Prime Minister Keir Starmer intends to ban social media platforms for children under sixteen. This move aims to protect young people's chil...
15 Jun, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
UK PM Starmer says Britain will ban under-16s from using a range of social media appsBritain plans to ban children under 16 from using social media apps. Prime Minister Keir Starmer stated this move aims to protect young peo...
15 Jun, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
British PM expected to impose teen social media ban that goes further than Australia'sBritain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans a social media ban for young teenagers. This move aims to shield children from harmful online c...
15 Jun, 2026, 10.24 AM IST
Trump's allies have another plan to pay 'weaponisation' victimsFormer President Trump's allies are now looking at a 1946 law to pay supporters. This comes after a planned "weaponization" fund was droppe...
13 Jun, 2026, 07.36 PM IST
UP CM condemns social media remarks against Akhilesh Yadav's daughterUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has condemned offensive social media comments targeting Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yad...
13 Jun, 2026, 02.25 PM IST