Meta skates past FTC in monopoly fight
Judge bins antitrust bid to break up Facebook parent
A federal judge has tossed the latest swipe from the Federal Trade Commission at Meta, leaving the social networking giant looking rather smug.
Social media giants still flouting GDPR
Fines fly but kid's data keeps getting mishandled
Seven years into GDPR, half of the world’s biggest social media platforms are still being slapped with fines like they never read the memo.
Malaysian politicians vote to control the Internet
This whole free speech thing never worked
Malaysian lawmakers voted to broaden the government’s control over the internet, unmoved by criticism that the law risks suppressing dissent and free speech.
Australia ban under-16s from social media
Social media is apparently more dangerous than anything else down under
The land down under, Australia which has more poisonous reptiles and insects than anywhere in the world, has decided that its kiddies are more at danger from social media than anything else.
Bluesky surges as users flee Elon Musk's X
A million new users since the US election
As the numbers of users at Elon [look at me] Musk’s social notworking site Twitter X have been falling faster than a free-falling elephant without a parachute, numbers at its rival Bluesky have been increasing.
Canada orders TikTok to shut down
Too much Chinese influence manages to anger the Canadians
Canada has instructed TikTok to wind up its business (get it?) within the country, citing potential national security risks posed by the platform and its parent company, ByteDance.
Norway makes social media R15
Fear that its snowflakes might be harmed.
Norway has decided that social media is to dangerous for early teens and is banning it for those under the age of 15.
Louisiana lawmakers ban children from social media
Kids will need a parent’s permission to create accounts
Out-of-touch Louisiana lawmakers have passed a bill prohibiting minors from creating social media accounts without parental consent.
Social media will allow fake news during the elections
Not even worth trying
Big Tech is rolling back all the censorship and policies to curb misinformation ahead of the 2024 election cycle.
Montana governor accidently tries banning social media
Didn’t think the amendment through
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte, 62, appears to be trying to ban social media with an ill-thought-out "amendatory veto" of the state's unconstitutional "ban TikTok" legislation.