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The US Federal Trade Commission is nearing completion of an investigation into YouTube's account suspension practices, examining whether the Google-owned platform deceived users about its content policies, potentially breaching consumer protection laws.
A new poll reveals three in five Americans favour stronger government oversight of social media companies, with two-thirds supporting age-verification requirements to protect children under 16.
The European Commission has formally charged TikTok with violating the Digital Services Act by failing to adequately protect children from predators and cyberbullying through problematic account design settings, marking the fourth enforcement action against the ByteDance platform in two years.
The European Commission has accepted X's proposed remedial measures following a December 2025 fine for Digital Services Act violations, marking the first enforcement action under the bloc's landmark tech regulation framework.
The European Commission has charged Meta Platforms with violating EU tech regulations over addictive features in Instagram and Facebook, demanding changes to autoplay and infinite scroll or face fines up to 6% of global turnover.
Children are embracing artificial intelligence technologies at rates triple that of adults, according to new UNICEF data from 10 countries, prompting urgent calls for stronger governance and child protection measures.