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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan remains far from becoming the social welfare state envisioned at its founding.
BRUSSELS — The European Union is moving toward age-based limits on children’s use of social media, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying access should be “phased and gradual” rather than…
Trump Media and Technology Group is moving into data licensing with a paid feed that will give banks and trading firms faster access to posts from influential Truth Social accounts, including US President Donald…
France will ban social media for under-15s from September 1, following the UK and Australia’s moves toward blanket
Snap has become the latest major technology company to move out of a lawsuit accusing social media platforms of harming children and young adults, according to TechCrunch. The company has reached a tentative settlement…
Social media has become a global political arena, shaping diplomacy, elections, conflict narratives and public trust in ways governments can no longer ignore.

Vietnam has drafted new rules that would let children under 16 keep social media accounts while stripping away their ability to post, comment or react to content, an approach officials are billing as more measured than…
Candice Odgers, a psychologist who has spent 25 years studying adolescent mental health, is pushing back against the idea that banning social media for teenagers is the main answer to online harm. In an interview…

Meta has been using influencers and allied organizations to make its case for teen safety tools at the same time governments move toward age limits and bans on social media use by children. Reporting from The Guardian…
France’s parliament moved on Tuesday toward approving a sweeping ban on social media access for children under 15, a step that would make the country the first in Europe to impose such a digital age limit on platforms…

Trump Media and Technology Group has come under scrutiny after launching a paid data product that gives Wall Street clients split-second early access to posts from some of Truth Social’s most influential accounts…
The prime minister called successive governments' failure to fix social care a major dereliction of public duty, and said existing budgets must be squeezed before tax rises are considered.
France has cleared a path for a landmark social media ban for users under 15. The legislation mandates strict age verification for all accounts, marking a shift in European digital policy
Britain’s proposed social media curfew for older teenagers is drawing immediate scepticism from the very age group it is meant to affect. In comments gathered by The Guardian Technology, 16- and 17-year-olds questioned…
Senior officials from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates used coordinated social media messages on Tuesday to project solidarity after months of reported friction between the two Gulf states. Saudi Minister of…
As ministers pledge to overhaul adult social care in England, families paying for care at home describe months-long waits for council decisions and mounting costs.
A California jury found Meta and YouTube liable in a landmark case over addictive platform design, a verdict that may influence thousands of similar claims.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority informed the Islamabad High Court that it cannot impose mandatory age verification for minors on social media platforms

As Japan relies more on foreign labor to offset its aging population, a proposed mosque in Fujisawa has become a flashpoint for shifting attitudes toward immigration and the country's national identity
Its new law, which would be the first of its kind enacted by a European country, would ban access to some accounts for anyone under

Updated WHO guidance says action on cardiovascular health, activity, hearing and social connection could prevent or delay a substantial share of dementia risk.
The prime minister has invited Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders to cross-party talks, as the head of an independent review told the BBC the care system is fairly bust.

A long-anticipated legal showdown over social media's effect on teenagers finally reached a jury this week, with Tennessee's lawyers opening with a pointed accusation: Meta knew the harm its own platforms caused and…
Trump Media reported a $238 million second-quarter loss and said it will pull back from several side ventures to refocus on its social media business.