Australia imposes world‑first under-16 social media ban — The law takes effect, targeting major platforms like YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. Around the world, governments are moving to restrict children’s access to social media

Australia launches youth social media ban it says will be the world’s ‘first domino’ More than 1 million social media accounts held by users under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia in a divisive world-first ban that is …

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Global outage hits top platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, affecting millions worldwide.

JUST IN: Massive global outage has affected dozens of top platforms today, including the following: 📘 Facebook 📸 Instagram 🎮Google Play💬 Facebook Messenger 🎥 YouTube 📱 Google 💬 WhatsApp📭 Gmail🗺️ Google Maps📞Teams📲TikTok 👻Snapchat — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) March 5, …

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ED MORRISSEY ON 20 Years in the Blogosphere, and the Danger Ahead. “The real crisis didn’t come from professionalization. It came from Big Tech platforms, which first partnered with bloggers and independent voices — and then worked to curtail or even silence them.”

via hotair: The real crisis didn’t come from professionalization. It came from Big Tech platforms, which first partnered with bloggers and independent voices — and then worked to curtail or even silence them. The first iteration of this came with Facebook, whose …

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EU mandates immediate removal of hate speech and misinformation [determined by government] from all platforms

https://twitter.com/balancealways/status/1694971642760303026 https://twitter.com/_Escapekey_/status/1694978363889177057 🔥 @RobertKennedyJr Calls Network Television FAKE NEWS to the Face of an NBC News Correspondent "I do not believe anything that I see on network television at this point because I think it's all distorted by agendas." pic.twitter.com/JrjoOxMXDU …

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