Tag: Social Media
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The UK becomes the fourth European country to ban social media for minors
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced today that the his government will be presenting a bill in Parliament to ban social media access to teenagers from 16 years below. The new ban appears set to be introduced through regulations under existing legislation, specifically the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, rather than through a new…
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Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez takes on big US tech while embracing the Chinese Surveillance State
On Tuesday February 3rd, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gave a speech at the World Governments Summit in Dubai and announced a major reform to regulate online social media. The proposed reform has also been officially announced by the Prime Minister’s office but no details have been published yet. One of the proposed reforms is that…
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US Department of State issues new guidance for visa applicants: social media profiles are to remain public for screening
The US Department of State has issued new guidelines regarding the social media profiles of visa applicants. Visitors to the US are now required to keep their social media profiles public for screening purposes when applying for a visa. The announcement follows a decision by the State Department about the vetting of the online presence…
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System collapse
I have had a total system collapse today after a virus infected my operating system. I have recovered the Windows operating system and also found and deleted the virus, but during this process, I have lost a lot of data, emails, passwords, and sensitive stuff that I need to operate with. I will do my…
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The Rick and Morty Paedophile Scene on Twitter
Under federal law in the US, producing and disseminating pornographic content involving minors can land you from 10 years to 20 years in prison. Likely, in many countries paedophilia is a very serious criminal offence. Our societies consider paedophilia to be one of the most horrendous crimes possible, so I am quite shocked at how…
