Why France Plans Social Media BAN For Kids Under 15 Like Australia | Explained
France Eyes Social Media Ban for Under-15s! President Macron vows to shield kids from screens & addictive platforms like TikTok—draft law heads to Parliament Jan 19. Night curfews for 15-18, school phone bans extended, inspired by Australia's U-16 ban. Global wave: Spain, Greece, Italy, NZ, Indonesia tightening rules. Safety vs freedom debate explodes!
1 Jan 2026Zuckerberg's metaverse cuts shouldn't be interpreted as a retreat from his passion project
Investors may see Meta's metaverse budget cuts as a pivot to reality, but perhaps that's the point. Zuckerberg must please an AI-focused Wall Street, but there's little evidence that he's about to abandon the virtual dreamscape that still seems to obsess him.
3 min read10 Dec 2025Say Goodbye To Meta, TikTok & Snapchat In Australia IF You're Under 16 Years Old
Australia bans under-16s from Meta, TikTok, Snapchat starting December 10, 2025—world's toughest social media age law! Tech giants comply but cry impossible enforcement, warn of teens fleeing to dark web. $32.5M fines loom. Global regulators watch closely. Watch the digital showdown!
29 Oct 2025Facebook Dating gets new AI assistant, feature upgrade to combat ‘swipe fatigue' for young adults, says Meta
Facebook Dating has introduced two new AI powered features — dating assistant and Meet Cute, aimed at enhancing user connections. Meta said the features would combat “swipe fatigue” for young adults in the US and Canada. Here's what we know.
2 min read23 Sep 2025Facebook begins $725 million privacy settlement: Here's all you need to know
Facebook privacy settlement: Facebook has begun distributing payments from a $725 million privacy settlement linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which affected millions of users. Eligible users had to submit claims by August 25, 2023, and the average payout is around $29.43.
2 min read13 Sep 2025‘Authoritarian attitude': GenZ Nepali protesters enter Parliament building amid row over social media ban
Thousands of young Nepalis protested in Kathmandu, demanding that the government lift its ban on social media platforms and combat corruption.
2 min read8 Sep 2025Parmy Olson: WhatsApp's no-ads promise was too good to last under Meta's ownership
The app's founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton were deadset against ads on this chat platform, but when they sold it in 2014 to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook (now Meta), they couldn't have expected its new owner not to monetize its eyeballs. But then again, they made big money. And money talks.
4 min read22 Jun 2025Star chase: Why Mark Zuckerberg is deploying billions to acquire hot AI talent like Alexandr Wang for Meta
Mark Zuckerberg's social media megacorp has put down an eye-popping $14.3 billion as a transfer fee to sign on Alexandr Wang. By buying just a 49% stake in Wang's Scale AI, Meta has plausible deniability. It can claim it's not an acquisition—in the context of antitrust allegations against it.
4 min read19 Jun 2025Google and Meta antitrust cases show why we need a policy pincer to foster competition in digital markets
The dominance of Big Tech is the context for India's digital competition law on its way. We should combine prohibitions on anticompetitive practices with positive obligations on digital players to strengthen rivalry in favour of end users.
3 min read19 Jun 2025Big Tech in the dock: The EU could force Meta and Apple to change their coercive ways
The European Commission's hauling up of Big Tech hasn't lost its bite. The latest fines come with orders that require Apple and Meta to change their business models or face huge penalties. Clearly, the EU isn't going soft on big American companies.
3 min read25 Apr 2025