As social media ban passes, Australian government is accused by Meta of failing to consider young people's voices

As social media ban passes, Australian government is accused by Meta of failing to consider young people's voices
Elon won't be happy. Australia's House of Representatives passes bill to ban children under-16 years from social media. Senate still to vote
UK MPs will reportedly summon Elon Musk over X's role in summer riots, as well as executives from TikTok and Meta
New child safety laws sees Ofcom calling on tech firms to “tame toxic algorithms” to protect children online
Good news for Mark Zuckerberg as judge dismisses some claims in dozens of lawsuits alleging Facebook, Instagram harms children
Posts about suicide and eating disorders will be hidden from the Instagram and Facebook feeds of teenagers
Government ignores tech objections, as Online Safety Bill looks set to become UK law after passing both houses of parliament
House of Lords fails to object to encryption demands in Online Safety Bill, but rather harmful algorithms for social media
Twitter joins Facebook and Google in filing lawsuits against a new law in Germany that obliges social networking platforms to report offences to police
Amid Ukraine crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin asks his administration to consider new system to ban toxic internet content
Changes required. Major changes are being urged by joint committee of MPs to the draft of the UK's online safety bill to tackle online concerns
Russian regulator applies to court to fine US tech giants percentage of annual Russian turnover, over failure to remove “banned content”
Send in the bailiffs! Court in Moscow instructs state bailiffs on Thursday to collect fines imposed on Facebook throughout the year
Not quick enough. Russia says Facebook has deleted the content it has requested, but will still be fined for not doing it quick enough
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen to testify before US Senate, but has alleged the social network puts profits before clamping down on hate
Social networking giant Facebook uses a 'whitelist' of high-profile users, who are reportedly allowed to break platform's online rules
Social networking giants face stiff fines if harmful content is not removed, under the Government's much touted 'Online Safety Bill'
Russian authorities have repeated a warning that Twitter has one month to delete 'banned content', or it will be blocked altogether
Facebook says it is developing 'topic exclusion' tools to help advertisers ensure their ads don't appear alongside hate speech or other harmful content