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The recent surge of migrants to Ceuta stemmed from manipulated social media posts, misleading many like 17-year-old Omar Danbor, who now regrets his decision to…
The decline is sharper still when measured against the platform's late-2024 peak.
Both were also ordered to refrain from streaming platforms for six months, an unusual judicial “bannissement numérique.”
Lawmakers dropped a proposed blacklist of platforms after the European Commission warned the plan clashed with the bloc's own digital rulebook.
The EU plans to implement phased access to social media for children, with recommendations for supervised use under 13, while emphasizing platform safety features…
"Protecting the physical and mental health of Europeans must be a priority for social media platforms".
Louis was rushed to hospital in critical condition, placed in an artificial coma, and succumbed to his injuries.
French lawmakers warn that repeated exposure to such material can foster resentment, anti-democratic attitudes and hostility towards women.
Among W's early users are Ursula von der Leyen, António Costa, and Christine Lagarde.
Italian Prime Minister said she was not opposed to barring under-16s from the platforms.
Starmer said the measure was necessary to protect children from what he described as the harmful effects of social media.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced the launch of a new government tool designed to monitor and quantify so-called hate speech on digital platforms.
Austria is set to join other European Union countries in banning young people from accessing social media.
On February 4, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced he would propose legislation to ban social media use by those under the age of 16.
US billionaire Elon Musk's X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location.
France’s former prime minister and current head of Emmanuel Macron’s party, Gabriel Attal, has announced plans to curb “screen addiction” among young people,…
This is not just a follow-up report on a country spiralling out of control into the abyss of violence.
Italy, France, Denmark, Spain and Greece said they would pilot an online age verification app prototype developed by the European Commission, making it easier for…
A councillor in northern Italy's city of Lecco resigned after she was revealed as the author of anonymous, abusive comments aimed at a resident who criticised the…
Co-President of the French National Digital Council, Gilles Babinet, has warned that social media "in their current forms are not compatible with democracy".
TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form social media platform, has lately been in the spotlight on both sides of the Atlantic. Not without good reason.
US-based social media giant Meta has released its Threads app in the European Union after postponing it to comply with regulations.
Threads, US billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's response to Twitter, is losing its shine after a promising start; users are leaving the new platform in droves, it seems.
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will not launch its new short-form blogging app Threads in the European Union, according to reports on July 5.
Meta, the mother company behind social media giants Facebook and Instagram, will launch a new app called Threads to compete with Twitter on Thursday, July 6.
