– Ofcom has outlined four age-verification methods that could be used by social media companies to enforce the UK Government’s proposed ban on under-16s accessing social media platforms.
Read More– WhatsApp is introducing usernames, allowing people to chat without sharing their phone numbers.
Read More– Children will be given back their childhoods thanks to UK government action to ban social media platforms from offering services to under-16s, with less time for scrolling and more time for play.
Read More– Thousands of users are reporting issues with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Read More– Ofcom is strengthening its online safety codes of practice by telling platforms they should have protocols in place to respond to spikes in illegal content during a crisis.
Read More– The social network X, previously known as Twitter is down for thousands of users around the world.
Read More– Government launches a landmark consultation on UK children’s digital wellbeing, covering social media age bans, curfews, AI chatbots and gaming.
Read More– TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance has struck a deal to create a predominantly US-owned joint venture to oversee the platform’s American business, avoiding a ban that could have cut off its 200 million US users.
Read More– Ofcom has confirmed that – in direct response to action from the enforcement team – Snapchat has materially improved its illegal content risk assessment, which will ensure it is required to implement a broad range of safety measures, in line with their codes of practice, to protect the UK public.
Read More– Aspire.io, the word-of-mouth commerce platform, launches Aspire’s AI Instagram Discovery, developed in close collaboration with Meta’s product team.
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