Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kids

Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can’t tell which users are kids.

Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, Roblox and other companies are ramping up as public and regulatory sentiment increasingly turns against them

Determining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of online child safety measures that Meta, Google, TikTok, Roblox and other companies are ramping up as public and regulatory sentiment increasingly turns against them

A false espionage alarm about a Taipei subway user has fuelled concerns that growing fears of Beijing are breeding unhealthy suspicion on the island and eroding public trust. The controversy erupted after a social media user posted a photograph of a man holding a laptop on a Taipei Main Station metro platform on Saturd

NCTAU warns of financial fraud via malicious apps disguised as porn apps that take control of devices.NEW DELHI: The National Cybercrime Threat Analytics unit (NCTAU), under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), has warned users of financial fraud through sideloaded malicious Android apps masquerading as po

By Yao Yueh-hung and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source A Taiwanese man whose laptop displayed the phrase “Second Theatre Command” at Taipei Main Station sparked online fears that he was a Chinese national conducting surveillance, but police yesterday confirmed that he had simply

Facebook owner Meta is to pay £13billion after a legal battle to resolve claims that Facebook and Instagram harmed children's mental health

Alexander Isak tossed his jersey to a young soccer fan after Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest, but a man appeared to intercept it.

THE world is waking up to the fact that social media is the tobacco of our time. All-pervasive. Addictive. Toxic. And this stuff can kill you. In a landmark legal case in the US, Meta — the owner of Instagram and Facebook — has agreed to pay up to £13billion to settle claims brought by...