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Spain, Greece weigh teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk

MADRID, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Spain will change its laws to hold social media executives accountable for...

3rd February, 2026

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France's lower house backs social media ban for those under 15 years old

PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - France's National Assembly on Monday approved legislation banning children...

26th January, 2026

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France's National Assembly approves banning under-15s from social media

PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - France's National Assembly debated legislation to ban children under 15 ye...

26th January, 2026

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Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month

SYDNEY, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million...

15th January, 2026

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Australian content creators feel sting of losing young fans to social media ban

By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Australian content creators are reporting drops in foll...

11th December, 2025

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Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged som...

11th December, 2025

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Australia’s teen social media ban pushes content creators to look abroad

By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia is home for YouTube star Jordan Barclay, the place whe...

24th November, 2025

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EU is in touch with X regarding hate speech content on Grok

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union is in touch with social media network X regarding output publ...

20th November, 2025

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EU looks to Big Tech, influencers to fight hybrid threats, fake news

By Foo Yun Chee and Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe is looking to online platforms and influen...

12th November, 2025

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Soccer-Ex-player, manager Barton convicted over offensive social media posts

LONDON (Reuters) -Former British soccer player and coach Joey Barton was convicted on Friday of six...

7th November, 2025

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EU finds Meta, TikTok in breach of transparency obligations

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Friday that U.S. Big Tech giant Meta and Chinese...

24th October, 2025

Image for Exclusive-Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows
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Exclusive-Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows

By Jeff Horwitz NEW YORK (Reuters) -Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regu...

20th October, 2025