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UK Launches Investigation into TikTok, Reddit Over Children's Personal Data Practices
UK's Information Commissioner's Office is probing TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur over their children's safety features. As per UK laws, social media platforms are mandated to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-inappropriate content by enforcing age limits and age-checking measures.
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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US Examining Whether UK's Encryption Demand on Apple Broke Data Treaty
In a letter dated February 25 to two US lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, said the US is examining whether the UK government had violated the CLOUD Act, which bars it from issuing demands for the data of US citizens and vice versa.
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"It's A Free Market": Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Regulate Internet Prices
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking regulation of Internet prices in the country.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Said to Be Censoring China-Focused Prompts Raising Concerns Over Its Reliability
DeepSeek’s latest reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model, DeepSeek-R1, is said to be censoring a large number of queries. An AI firm ran tests on the large language model (LLM) and found that it does not answer China-specific queries that go against the policies of the country’s ruling party. By running a code to generate a synthe...
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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Vipps Emerges as First Apple Pay Tap-to-Pay Competitor on iPhone Due to EU Regulation
Vipps has launched contactless payments on iPhone in Norway, becoming the first third-party app to offer tap-to-pay on iOS, similar to Apple Pay. Previously, only Apple Pay and Wallet could access the NFC chip, but iOS 18.1 update now allows third-party access in select regions.
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Brazil Antitrust Body Rules Apple Must Lift Restrictions on In-App Payments
Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases. Another preventive measure is that Apple must allow app developers to offer other in-app payment processing options apart from the one owned by Apple, the regulator added.
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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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Meta to Offer Less Personalised Ads in Europe to Appease Regulators
Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalised ads". These ads will also target users based on age, gender, and location, with some being unskippable for a few seconds.
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Video: Pakistani Influencer Inserts Hand Into Chained Tiger's Mouth, Internet Reacts
This incident highlights the issue of exotic pet ownership in Pakistan, where laws make it easy to import such animals, but regulation is almost non-existent
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EU to Assess if Apple's iPad Operating System Complies with Digital Markets Act
EU's move followed Apple's publication of a compliance report for its iPad OS, designated by the commission in April as an important gateway for businesses to reach their customers.
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Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act
Apple says developers in the European Union (EU) must now provide the company with their contact details, in order to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act. This contact information will appear under individual app listings, and developers who miss the deadline will have their apps unlisted from the App Store in the EU.
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Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision
The government has announced that it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband through administrative means, hours after Elon Musk labelled the auction approach sought by billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented." Musk's Starlink has argued that the administrative allocation of licenses aligns with global practices, whereas Reliance argues ...
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UK Launches Investigation into TikTok, Reddit Over Children's Personal Data Practices
UK's Information Commissioner's Office is probing TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur over their children's safety features. As per UK laws, social media platforms are mandated to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-inappropriate content by enforcing age limits and age-checking measures.
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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US Examining Whether UK's Encryption Demand on Apple Broke Data Treaty
In a letter dated February 25 to two US lawmakers, Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, said the US is examining whether the UK government had violated the CLOUD Act, which bars it from issuing demands for the data of US citizens and vice versa.
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"It's A Free Market": Supreme Court Rejects Plea To Regulate Internet Prices
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking regulation of Internet prices in the country.
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Meta Prepares for Layoffs on Monday, Circulates Internal Memo
Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week. Employees in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands will be exempt from the cuts "due to local regulations," while those in more than a dozen other countries across Europe, Asia and Africa will receive their notifications between February 11 and February 18.
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DeepSeek-R1 AI Model Said to Be Censoring China-Focused Prompts Raising Concerns Over Its Reliability
DeepSeek’s latest reasoning-focused artificial intelligence (AI) model, DeepSeek-R1, is said to be censoring a large number of queries. An AI firm ran tests on the large language model (LLM) and found that it does not answer China-specific queries that go against the policies of the country’s ruling party. By running a code to generate a synthe...
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UK's Ofcom to Tweak Social Media Rules in Response to Summer Riots
To regulate social media practices, Ofcom said it is planning additional measures for next spring that include new proposals for removing material tied to child sexual abuse and terrorism. It will also introduce “crisis response protocols for emergency events.”
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Vipps Emerges as First Apple Pay Tap-to-Pay Competitor on iPhone Due to EU Regulation
Vipps has launched contactless payments on iPhone in Norway, becoming the first third-party app to offer tap-to-pay on iOS, similar to Apple Pay. Previously, only Apple Pay and Wallet could access the NFC chip, but iOS 18.1 update now allows third-party access in select regions.
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Brazil Antitrust Body Rules Apple Must Lift Restrictions on In-App Payments
Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases. Another preventive measure is that Apple must allow app developers to offer other in-app payment processing options apart from the one owned by Apple, the regulator added.
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CCI Imposes Rs 213 Crore Penalty on Meta; Firm Plans to Appeal Decision
The Competition Commission of India imposed a Rs 213-crore penalty on Meta regarding its WhatsApp privacy policy on Monday, and the company expressed disagreement with the decision and said that it intends to appeal. The CCI directed WhatsApp on Monday to desist from sharing user data with Meta-owned applications for advertising purposes for a peri...
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Meta to Offer Less Personalised Ads in Europe to Appease Regulators
Meta Platforms plans to offer Instagram and Facebook users in Europe the option to receive "less personalised ads". These ads will also target users based on age, gender, and location, with some being unskippable for a few seconds.
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Video: Pakistani Influencer Inserts Hand Into Chained Tiger's Mouth, Internet Reacts
This incident highlights the issue of exotic pet ownership in Pakistan, where laws make it easy to import such animals, but regulation is almost non-existent
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EU to Assess if Apple's iPad Operating System Complies with Digital Markets Act
EU's move followed Apple's publication of a compliance report for its iPad OS, designated by the commission in April as an important gateway for businesses to reach their customers.
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Apple Requires EU Developers to List Contact Details on App Store to Comply With Digital Services Act
Apple says developers in the European Union (EU) must now provide the company with their contact details, in order to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act. This contact information will appear under individual app listings, and developers who miss the deadline will have their apps unlisted from the App Store in the EU.
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Government Says No Auction of Satellite Spectrum; Elon Musk Hails Decision
The government has announced that it will allocate spectrum for satellite broadband through administrative means, hours after Elon Musk labelled the auction approach sought by billionaire Mukesh Ambani as "unprecedented." Musk's Starlink has argued that the administrative allocation of licenses aligns with global practices, whereas Reliance argues ...
