Meta to restrict more content for teens as regulatory pressure mounts

Meta to restrict more content for teens as regulatory pressure mounts

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 — Meta Platforms said yesterday it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook, after regulators around the globe pressed the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps. All teens will now be placed into the most restrictive content control settings on the apps … Read more

Meta to restrict more content for teens as regulatory pressure mounts 

Meta to restrict more content for teens as regulatory pressure mounts 

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 9 — Meta Platforms said today it would hide more content from teens on Instagram and Facebook, after regulators around the globe pressed the social media giant to protect children from harmful content on its apps. All teens will now be placed into the most restrictive content control settings on the apps … Read more

Report: Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools

Report: Microsoft threatens to restrict data from rival AI search tools

SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 ― Microsoft Corp has threatened to cut off access to its internet-search data, which it licenses to rival search engines, if they do not stop using it as the basis for their own artificial intelligence chat products, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. The company has told at least two customers that using … Read more

US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

WASHINGTON: The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries Friday to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a “variant of concern” has been discovered in a potentially heavy blow to the world's efforts to end the coronavirus pandemic. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd