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No TikTok after midnight? UK announces new online safety measures for 16- and 17-year-olds
July 15, 2026 3:58 pm
An internet safety campaign group, The Molly Rose Foundation, said the latest measures were "yet another piecemeal set of announcements" rather than the comprehensive plan needed to ensure children's safety.
Karnataka High Court drops criminal case against Shivakumar in BJP post row
June 19, 2026 6:48 pm
D K Shivakumar gets relief from the Karnataka High Court, which quashed a criminal case stemming from a controversial Facebook post targeting BJP leaders.
UK PM Starmer draws the line: social media banned for children under 16
June 15, 2026 3:51 pm
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a ban on social media apps and AI chatbots for children under 16, early next year.
Dear Donald Trump, here's how you end the war with Iran: Just stop talking
April 24, 2026 5:20 am
When a person threatens the annihilation of a civilisation, and has the unfettered means of carrying out that threat, it’s long past time for everyone to take his threats seriously
Best of Both Sides: Social media ban cannot address the full spectrum of risk
March 13, 2026 6:25 am
What seems ‘popular’ is not often the best policy solution. A social media ban for under-16s can create a false sense of security among policymakers and caregivers
Best of Both Sides: To curtail harm caused by social media, policies need to protect, not control
March 13, 2026 6:24 am
Childhood is a period when identity is fragile, self-worth is still at a formative stage, and peer validation carries enormous weight. A thoughtful, calibrated restriction acknowledges both realities: That social media is here to stay, and that children deserve stronger guardrails
Social media ban for children may be intrusive and hard to enforce
March 14, 2026 1:53 am
Concerns about grooming, sexual content, addiction, mental health challenges, AI-related harms and misinformation, while all significant, would require different prongs to meaningfully tackle them, as opposed to a sweeping ban
Does banning access to social media for minors under 16 really protect them?
February 08, 2026 4:12 pm
We live in a society of artificial intelligence (AI). It is necessary that we adopt a new way of doing things and new capabilities.
Food delivery boy held in Bengaluru for secretly filming women on roads and posting videos on Instagram
July 24, 2025 3:26 pm
According to the Bengaluru Police, the accused posted videos of women, especially those walking on Church Street, Brigade Road, and MG Road, and uploaded them with the tagline, 'Bangalore Night Life' to gain more followers.
19 booked in Nagpur for sharing sensitive content on social media
March 23, 2025 11:48 pm
Police say they are closely watching social media activity of citizens
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