Florida lawmakers vote to restrict children’s access to social media
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – The Florida House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms, following similar action…
Banning social media for children under 16. The UK thinks about how to do it
The UK is considering whether and how to ban the use of social media by under-16s. The news was reported by Bloomberg, which explained how Rishi Sunak‘s government is reflecting…
Why social media aren’t fun anymore (neither, that social)
In the information age, where we are constantly bombarded with news, various content, and intense online noise, social media seems to have lost much of its charm. With algorithms now having the…
Threads to run tests to make posts available on other social media platforms
By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Meta Platforms’ Threads is starting a test where posts from accounts on the microblogging platform will be available on Mastodon and other services that use…
Disney pauses ads on Elon Musk’s social media platform X
By Maria Ponnezhath and Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co said on Friday it has paused advertising on Elon Musk’s social media site X. Lionsgate suspends advertising on X…
Social media platform X rolls out audio, video calling
By Yuvraj Malik and Akash Sriram (Reuters) – Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is launching an early version of video and audio calling for some users, according…
Social media and private partnership: inside the changes at India’s space agency
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) – When the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission landed on the moon, more than 8 million people tuned in for the event’s YouTube…
In major blow to TikTok, Indonesia bans e-commerce transactions on social media
By Dewi Kurniawati and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has banned e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, the trade minister said on Wednesday, in a blow to short video…
X social media’s India, South Asia policy head Gupta resigns-sources
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Social media platform X’s head of policy for India and South Asia, Samiran Gupta, has resigned, two sources said, a top departure that…
China suspected of using AI on social media to sway US voters, Microsoft says
Βy Christopher Bing (Reuters) – Microsoft researchers said on Thursday they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence U.S. voters by…