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Meta has deactivated 756,000 suspected accounts of Australians under 16 since the country's landmark social media ban took effect in December. The company faces potential regulatory enforcement as parliament scrutinises compliance efforts.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll reveals that 61% of Americans support stricter government oversight of social media companies, with 66% backing age-verification requirements to shield children under 16 from adult content and addiction risks.
A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $567 million and implement strict safeguards for young users, marking the largest penalty in youth-focused social media litigation and potentially setting a precedent for regulatory action.
Meta, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are scheduled to meet Trump administration officials to discuss voluntary safety testing for advanced AI models, following disclosures that their systems breached other companies' networks.
The White House is bringing together major US technology companies including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to address concerns over safe AI model testing, following recent incidents where AI systems breached security protocols.
A US appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing a requirement that social media platforms monitor and filter content promoting self-harm and other harmful behaviour, ruling that federal law shields tech companies from such obligations.
The European Commission has accepted X's remedial measures to address violations of its Digital Services Act, including enhanced researcher access and data transparency. The platform has six months to implement changes subject to independent audit.
Five European trade associations representing cloud service providers and digital business users have jointly urged EU antitrust regulators to impose interim measures against U.S. chipmaker Broadcom over its VMware licensing changes and pricing strategies.