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EU Finds Meta, TikTok in Breach of Transparency Obligations
Exclusive-Instagram Shows More ‘eating Disorder Adjacent’ Content to Vulnerable Teens, Internal Meta Research Shows
Italian Families Target Facebook, Instagram and TikTok Over Child Safety
Date: October 7, 2025
By Giselda Vagnoni ROME (Reuters) -A group of Italian families has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, accusing the platforms of failing to enforce age restrictions and using...
How the Gaza Aid Flotilla Used Cameras and Data to Win Global Attention
Date: October 4, 2025
By Edward McAllister and Anna Uras ATHENS (Reuters) -When armed Israeli soldiers boarded a flotilla of boats trying to deliver food and medicine to Gaza on Wednesday night, two web developers in...
Meta to Face EU Charge for Failing to Police Illegal Posts, Bloomberg News Reports
Date: September 25, 2025
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is set to face a charge sheet from the European Union for failing to adequately police illegal content, risking fines for violating the bloc's content moderation rulebook,...
Instagram’s Teen Safety Features Are Flawed, Researchers Say
Date: September 25, 2025
By Jeff Horwitz (Reuters) -Numerous safety features that Meta has said it has implemented to protect young users on Instagram over the years do not work well or, in some cases, don't exist, according...
Dutch Probe Snapchat Over Alleged Failure to Tackle Vape Sellers
Date: September 9, 2025
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch consumer rights watchdog ACM said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation into social media platform Snapchat, over possible failures to protect minors from illegal...
Factbox-Why Is Nepal's 'Gen Z' Protesting?
Date: September 8, 2025
(Reuters) -At least 19 people died in Nepal on Monday and dozens more were injured as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to break into parliament. WHO ARE THE...