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TopicAustralia social media ban

Topic: Australia social media ban

Meta, TikTok face scrutiny over potential lapses in Australia’s child social media ban

Australia’s online safety regulator is investigating Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok and YouTube for potentially failing to comply with the country’s social media...

Australia blasts Meta, Apple & Google for failing to curb child sexual abuse online

Key failings include inadequate detection of live abuse during video calls & lack of language analysis tools to pick up sexual extortion of kids, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner said.

UK, Denmark and now Andhra Pradesh. Is Australia’s under-16 social media ban becoming a trend?

Across the world, several countries are considering similar plans to introduce a minimum age limit for social media users.

As Andhra considers Australia-like social media ban for kids, parents & experts warn against rushed law

State IT Minister Nara Lokesh said Andhra Pradesh was studying Australia’s recent under-16 social media ban and examining the need for strong legal safeguards.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.