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Alaska Moves to Limit Teens' Social Media Use, Ban AI-Generated Child Deepfakes
Alaskan lawmakers have passed a bill that restricts social media use for teens and bans the distribution of AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
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Europe's privacy watchdog launches 'large-scale' probe into Elon Musk's X | CNN Business
The European Union's data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X over sexualised images generated by the social media site's AI chatbot, Grok.
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Factbox-From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media access
Feb 17 (Reuters) - Australia in December became the world's first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Instagram and Facebook.
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Grok faces more scrutiny over deepfakes as Irish regulator opens EU privacy investigation
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LONDON (AP) -- Elon Musk's social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland's data privacy regulator said Tuesday.
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AI chatbot firms face stricter regulation in online safety laws protecting children in the UK
Keir Starmer, UK prime minster, during a news conference in London, UK, on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
Earlier, Ofcom, the UK's media watchdog, began an investigation into X reportedly spreading sexually explicit images of children and other individuals.
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Keir Starmer promises smartphone crackdown for under 16s within months
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Keir Starmer is vowing to enforce a crackdown on children and teenagers using smartphones within months to help keep them safe online.
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Spain considers social media ban for under-16s, joining others in Europe
MADRID (AP) -- Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content.
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'We will protect them from the digital Wild West.' Another country will ban social media for under-16s
Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on children.
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TikTok finalizes deal with China to avoid U.S. ban, White House official says
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Washington -- A year after a federal law that effectively mandated a nationwide ban on TikTok went into effect, China and the U.
