5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (835+ words) With the move, Indonesia became the first country in Southeast Asia to ban children from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, Bigo Live and Roblox. It follows measures that Australia took last year in a world-first social…...

6+ day, 46+ min ago  (228+ words) CNN and other US media outlets, citing sources familiar with the breach, said the hack of Patel's email was claimed by the Handala Hack Team, a pro-Iranian hacktivist group. According to CNN, the stolen emails include personal, business and travel…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (133+ words) (AA): Social media platform X experienced outages on Thursday, affecting thousands of users worldwide, according to the data tracker Downdetector. Starting at 6:45 a.m. GMT, more than 30,000 users reported problems accessing X. Some 50% of complaints were related to the feed and timeline, 41% to…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (322+ words) MOSCOW (AFP) : Russia on Thursday said it would arrest anybody who protests mass Internet blackouts, as Moscow deals with bubbling public discontent against widespread switch-offs. The Russian capital on Wednesday officially lifted three weeks of restrictions on mobile Internet access…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1400+ words) Social media has changed noticeably over the years, both users and experts argue, describing it as a place not only for connecting with others but also as "a tool" for gathering information, as well as a place of "algorithms," and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (145+ words) F.P. Report The Balochistan government has temporarily suspended mobile phone services in some parts of the province due to security reasons. Balochistan Advisor on Home Department Babar Yousafzai said on Monday that the Balochistan government has decided to suspend mobile service…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (689+ words) WARSAW (AFP): Russia is pushing its Max messenger " a social media platform without encryption " onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram, the country's two most popular messenger apps. The rollout has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (342+ words) (AFP) : WhatsApp is preparing one of its most significant updates in recent years, with plans to introduce a username-based communication system that would allow users to connect without sharing their phone numbers. According to a media report, the feature would…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (650+ words) PARIS (AFP) : Iranians are managing to get online during the current war with the US and Israel despite drastic censorship and frequent blackouts, throwing the spotlight on to providers of tools such as VPNs (virtual private networks). AFP asked Adam…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (337+ words) LOS ANGELES (AFP) : Jurors will return to court here on Thursday to continue deliberations in a civil trial accusing Meta and YouTube of harmfully hooking young internet users. Since jury deliberations began on March 13, the jury sent questions to the…...