A New Mexico court has ordered Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to pay USD 567 million over harms to young people from its platforms. Judge Bryan Biedcheid ruled that…
Australia defended its world-first social media ban for children under 16 after regulator eSafety found that more than eight in 10 teenagers were still using social media three months after the restrictions…
YouTube has terminated Mohammad Irfan’s Main Irfan channel after it gained more than 70,000 subscribers overnight, The Hindu reports. The page now says the account was removed for violating Google’s Terms of…
A New Mexico judge has ordered Meta to pay $567 million to address harm to young people linked to Facebook and Instagram. About $420 million will fund youth mental-health treatment, with the…
The US State Department will expand social media screening to foreign journalists and certain Canadian and Mexican professionals applying for US work visas, according to a report by conservative outlet The Daily…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Meta, X, Google, and other platforms to take down defamatory posts and AI-generated deepfake videos linking Union minister Nitin Gadkari to India's ethanol-blended petrol programme.…
Hyderabad’s Cyber Crime DCP V Aravind Babu was transferred a day after FIRs were registered against Meta India head Arun Srinivas and administrators of some social media accounts, the Times of India…
AI-generated doctors and viral wellness trends are spreading misleading health advice on social media, Times Now News reports. Realistic avatars in white coats can appear credible without proving medical expertise. The report…
A new social media trend uses AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini to turn ordinary birthday photographs into stylised portraits. English Mathrubhumi lists eight prompts built around concepts including childhood memories,…
Actor and BJP member Rupali Ganguly has faced online criticism after saying she wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi were a “dictator”. Hindustan Times reports that she made the comment while condemning a…
