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Nov 29, 20242 min read
Australia PM says social media firms now have a responsibility to protect kids
SYDNEY - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that social media platforms now have a responsibility to ensure the...
Nov 28, 20242 min read
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday approved a social media ban for children aged under 16 after an emotive debate that gripped the nation,...
Sep 18, 20242 min read
Meta bans Russian state media for 'foreign interference'
NEW YORK - Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its...
Aug 25, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who is Pavel Durov, CEO of messaging app Telegram?
Pavel Durov, billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday...
Jul 2, 20242 min read
New Zealand to press ahead with media content pay law
SYDNEY - New Zealand's conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology...
May 11, 20242 min read
Ukraine sacks two senior ministers at heart of wartime economy
KYIV -Ukraine's parliament voted on Thursday to sack the deputy prime minister for infrastructure and the farm minister, removing two...
May 10, 20242 min read
Australia targets social media with parliamentary probe
SYDNEY - Australia announced on Friday that it would hold a parliamentary inquiry to look into the negative impacts of social media...
May 2, 20241 min read
Missile strikes postal depot in Ukraine's Odesa, 14 injured, regional governor says
A Russian ballistic missile struck a postal depot in the Ukrainian port of Odesa late on Wednesday, injuring 14 people and triggering a...
Apr 26, 20243 min read
US TikTok bill sets up fight over free speech protections
The U.S. government set up a likely court showdown over the scope of TikTok's free speech protections under the U.S. Constitution after...
Apr 21, 20242 min read
High-level North Korea agriculture delegation visits Russia - KCNA
SEOUL - A North Korean delegation led by a high-ranking agricultural official is visiting Russia, the North's official KCNA news agency...
Apr 20, 20241 min read
Dutch privacy watchdog recommends government organisations stop using Facebook
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Singapore PM Lee to hand power to successor Wong on May 15
SINGAPORE -Long-time Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday he would hand over power to his designated successor,...
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