Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feedsOpen TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or other platforms and you'll see a scrolling feed or recommendations bar showing content targete...
09 Sep, 2026, 11.29 AM IST
Australia threatens hefty fines if big tech fails 'duty of care'Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tues...
08 Sep, 2026, 10.19 AM IST
Jim Thornton Fired: What we know about the pedophile chatroom texts which led to ‘Wheel of Fortune’ announcer’s terminationSony Pictures Television has decided to terminate the employment of Jim Thornton, the announcer for Wheel of Fortune. This decision follows...
05 Sep, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kidsDetermining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of child safety measures that other companies, including Google, TikTok, and ...
01 Sep, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
Child abuse victim sues Elon Musk's xAI over AI-generated imagesThe complaint, lodged Wednesday in the Northern District of California by an anonymous plaintiff identified as Jane Doe 1, alleges that xAI...
27 Aug, 2026, 09.45 PM IST
Cami Clark: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s wife is a Silicon Valley power player. But Claude barely knows herCami Clark, wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, has remained largely unknown outside Silicon Valley’s elite despite her proximity to some o...
16 Aug, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
SC judge flags deepfakes, cyberstalking as new threats to womenJustice B V Nagarathna urged immediate legal aid for women after incidents. She highlighted recent Karnataka amendments that limit the High...
08 Aug, 2026, 02.26 PM IST
South Korea's women web sleuths fight AI deepfake pornUnder banners emblazoned "Solidarity" and "We stand together with victims", a group of South Korean women digital detectives dredges the in...
30 Jul, 2026, 08.11 AM IST
Vietnam proposes banning under-16s from posting on social mediaVietnam plans to restrict social media use for children under sixteen. Accounts for those under sixteen will require parental registration ...
24 Jul, 2026, 04.24 PM IST
Will porn be banned in the U.S.? Will one have to input I.D. to view pornographic content? The Supreme Court is mulling ways to regulate itThe Supreme Court is considering Texas' strict age-verification law for accessing pornographic content.
16 Jan, 2025, 06.27 PM IST
Here's how the West plans to take on China and Xi Jinping's vast army if a World War 3 breaks out - online pornOnline pornography has become the biggest weapon of the West in the war efforts against Russia in the Ukraine front. North Korean soldiers ...
12 Nov, 2024, 02.51 AM IST
Porn Passport: Spain launches new mobile application to access online pornography. Here's what it is and how it worksSpain porn passport: Spain is launching a new mobile app to combat underage access to online pornography. The app, known as Cartera Digital...
06 Jul, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
AI could judge if user is of porn-watching age under new UK guidanceBritain proposed new age-check guidance on Tuesday to protect children from accessing pornography online, including a suggestion to use AI-...
05 Dec, 2023, 09.07 PM IST
AI could judge if user is of porn-watching age under new UK guidanceThe government's newly passed Online Safety Act requires sites and apps that display or publish pornographic content to ensure that childre...
05 Dec, 2023, 08.46 AM IST
EU lawmakers try to balance protection and privacy over online child pornographyUnder the the draft position adopted by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the Parliament, internet providers wi...
14 Nov, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
US to help India check online child pornographyThe MoU will provide access to more than one lakh Tipline reports available with the NCMEC and enable law enforcement agencies in India.
29 May, 2019, 04.39 PM IST
New cyber-control hub to check pornography, online trollsThe Rs 400-crore state-of-the-art centre, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (IC4), is being set up to tackle all cyber crime including...
18 Jul, 2016, 08.09 PM IST