Malaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...

Apple and Google are urging Canada to amend Bill C-22, seeking judicial oversight to prevent secret orders that could force them to break e...

European Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...

Indonesia's social media curbs, which the government says ⁠are intended ⁠to reduce the risk of cyberbullying and addiction, follow a ban in...

On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico...

Bunnings will deploy facial recognition across Australian stores over 18 months. This follows a successful appeal against a privacy ruling....

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments' efforts to agree law...

IDCare said by raising the threat of massive fines, Australia would force companies to choose whether to pay A$1 million, the typical cost ...

The breach at Optus, Australia's second-largest mobile operator, late last month compromised data of up to 10 million customers, triggering...

Social media companies, which include anonymous forums like Reddit and smartphone dating apps like Bumble, would also be required to take a...

Collective security is essential to make people feel safe & allow them to enjoy privacy protections. The new IT Rules seek to achieve this ...

Governments argue that messaging platforms can be used for terrorism, crime and child abuse. But this is like arguing that since a car can ...

India's new social media rules come at a time when the US, the UK and Australia are pushing Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and thei...

The commission alleges the California-based company misled millions of Australians to obtain their consent and expand the scope of personal...

Australia’s government will introduce measures to increase fines for breaches, strengthen disclosure policies and embolden its privacy regu...

The cross border privacy rules allow data protection regulator of a country to act against entities that violates its privacy rule in other...

Australia on Thursday relaxed privacy laws to pass the identification of half a million foreign students across the country to police to he...