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Indonesia summons Meta and Google over non-compliance with child social media curbs, minister says
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (101+ words) JAKARTA, March 31 (Reuters) - Indonesia summoned officials from Meta and Google over non-compliance with social media restrictions for children under 16 that went into full effect "last week, a minister said in a video statement "published on Tuesday. ... Indonesia summons Meta and…...
Match Group settles US FTC claims it illegally shared OkCupid user data
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (121+ words) March 30 (Reuters) " Match Group agreed to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit "claiming it gave an "outside company unauthorized access to personal data belonging to millions of users of the OkCupid dating app. Monday's settlement in "Dallas federal court prohibits…...
Indonesia’s social media curbs for kids set for Saturday, but few know how it will work
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (659+ words) JAKARTA, March 27 (Reuters) " Armed with a smartphone, Anza Zafran Utama, a 9-year-old boy in the Indonesian city of Bogor, is either a dinosaur or a shooter, depending on his mood. Zafran and his friends regularly hang out on Roblox, the…...
In London’s pubs, love gets a PowerPoint makeover
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (445+ words) LONDON, March 27 (Reuters) " Fed up of swiping left or right on dating apps, young London singles are returning to a classic British way of meeting people"the pub"with a modern twist: a PowerPoint presentation by a close friend "pitching…...
CONLEY COMMENTARY – SCOTUS is right about the internet
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (191+ words) CONLEY COMMENTARY (WSAU) " The U.S. Supreme Court ruled correctly in an internet privacy case yesterday. Several big record labels, like Sony, sued Cox, a major internet provider in the northeast. The claim that Cox is aware of users who pirate and…...
US Supreme Court backs Cox in fight over pirated music
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (437+ words) The 9-0 ruling overturned "a lower court's decision to order a new trial to determine how much the internet service provider "owed the record labels for a form of liability called contributory copyright infringement. Cox had said a retrial could have…...
Jury reaches verdict in Meta, Google trial on social media addiction
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (409+ words) LOS ANGELES, March 25 (Reuters) " A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict on Wednesday in a landmark social media addiction trial that involves Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube, according to spokespeople for the plaintiff and "Meta. The jury is expected to…...
February shipments of foreign-branded phones in China fall 7.7% from a year ago, CAICT data shows
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (142+ words) BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones "in China "for February, including Apple's iPhones, fell 7.7% from the "same "month last "year, Reuters "calculations based'on data released by a government-affiliated research fi... BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) " Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones…...
Jury in social media addiction trial tells judge it’s having difficulty coming to consensus
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (163+ words) By Dan Fastenberg and Courtney Rozen LOS ANGELES, March 23 (Reuters) " The jury in the social "media addiction trial in "Los Angeles told the judge on Monday it is having difficulty coming to a consensus with one defendant. The "defendants "are…...
FCC banning imports of new Chinese-made routers, citing security concerns
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (124+ words) WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications "Commission said "on Monday it was banning the import of "all "new "foreign-made consumer "routers, the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear. Routers "are boxes that "connect compu... WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) " The Federal Communications…...