Meloni warns against relying on social media bans to protect children
Italian Prime Minister said she was not opposed to barring under-16s from the platforms.
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British government confirms social media ban for all under-16s
Starmer said the measure was necessary to protect children from what he described as the harmful effects of social media.
Spain’s PM Sánchez unveils ‘Hodio’ tool to combat ‘online hate speech’
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.
Social media bans for youngsters spread across the EU
Austria is set to join other European Union countries in banning young people from accessing social media.
What do Spaniards think of Sánchez’s youth social media clampdown?
On February 4, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced he would propose legislation to ban social media use by those under the age of 16.
Musk’s X causes waves worldwide with new location feature
US billionaire Elon Musk's X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location.
Death of online streamer: Former French PM wants to launch war on social media ‘addiction’
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,…
Hundreds dead in Bangladesh as social media becomes the new executioner
This is not just a follow-up report on a country spiralling out of control into the abyss of violence.
Member states inch closer to social media age-limit for minors
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…
Politician behind Italian city’s cyberbullying initiatives exposed as Facebook bully
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…
‘Social media incompatible with democracy,’ warns French digital council
Co-President of the French National Digital Council, Gilles Babinet, has warned that social media "in their current forms are not compatible with democracy".
To express ourselves as we please, that is what elites fear most
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.
Meta opens Threads app to EU users
US-based social media giant Meta has released its Threads app in the European Union after postponing it to comply with regulations.
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has already lost half of its users
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.
Meta ‘will not launch Twitter rival Threads in EU’
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 reveals launch date of its Twitter competitor
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.