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eSafety commissioner orders X and Meta to remove violent videos following Sydney church stabbing
Julie Inman Grant issues notices compelling companies to remove offending material within 24 hoursFollow our Australia...
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Planet Fitness outlets receive bomb threats after far right derides gym policy
More than 40 locations across the US reported the backlash after rightwing account stokes anti-trans rhetoric...
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Use TikTok to combat misinformation, MPs tell government
Cross-party committee urges creation of strategy engage with new platforms that appeal to youngThe government needs...
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‘I will not dance’: Olaf Scholz joins TikTok with a promise
German chancellor follows in the footsteps of Joe Biden and other leaders on social media platformThe...
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Canada school boards accuse social media firms of ‘rewiring’ how kids think
District education authorities launch multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Meta, Snap Inc and ByteDanceFour of Canada’s largest school...
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Liberal MP urges Australia to follow US in TikTok crackdown, calling app a ‘serious threat’ to national security
Shadow home affairs spokesperson James Paterson labels social media platform a ‘bad faith actor’Follow our Australia...
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Canada conducts national security review of Chinese-owned TikTok
Industry minister says review of popular video app that is planning to expand in country has...
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NSW government knocks back Inner West Council demerger proposal – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Aged care workers to get 23% average pay boost as union heralds...
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House votes to force TikTok owner ByteDance to divest or face US ban
CEO of China-based company says vote is ‘disappointing’ and that it will do all it can...
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Is the US really preparing to ban TikTok?
A bill passed Wednesday by the House requiring TikTok owner ByteDance to sell or face a...
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US supreme court appears skeptical of social media content moderation laws
World’s biggest social media firms challenge state laws blocking them from moderating certain content or banning...
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EU opens investigation into TikTok over online content and child safeguarding
Video platform under scrutiny over potential breach of Digital Services Act in areas such as age...
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Biden campaign decision to join TikTok raises national security concerns
Biden’s presidential election campaign says it will continue meeting voters where they are, including on social...
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Universal Music Group threatens to pull song catalog from TikTok in furious open letter
UMG said it will remove all songs from TikTok after it accused the social media platform...
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Flanders government looks to force TikTok and YouTube to share revenue
Belgium already takes a cut from Netflix and Disney and new income will support local TV...