UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
London (AFP) - New UK age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force on Friday, ...
Monday, January 5, 2026
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Meta turns to AI to protect minors from ‘sextortion’ on Instagram
Paris (AFP) - Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from "sextortion" scams on ...
US lawmakers win apology from Zuckerberg in tech grilling
Washington (AFP) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a public apology in US Congress on Wednesday as hostile lawmakers grilled ...
US lawmakers grill tech CEOs over youth safety
Washington (AFP) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of TikTok, X, Discord and Snap faced a grilling ...
Tech CEOs face US Senate grilling over youth content
Washington (AFP) - Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the chief executives of X, TikTok, Discord and Snap face a grilling ...
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