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From London to Jakarta, governments are moving to tighten rules on children’s screen and social media use.

Social media platforms Instagram and YouTube have a design defect which means they are addictive, a US jury has ruled.

AI rivals will be allowed on WhatsApp for a year, Meta said, aiming to head off a possible order from EU antitrust regulators.

Meta’s WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia for allegedly failing to comply with local law.

The EU has charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking AI rivals from WhatsApp.

Social media giants will face scrutiny this week over allegations that their platforms are fuelling a youth mental health crisis.

TikTok has avoided a US ban after ByteDance agreed to a majority American-owned venture.

Women’s groups, tech watchdogs and progressive activists are calling on Google and Apple to remove the apps.

A senior German politician wants legal action to stop what he has called the “industrialisation of sexual harassment” on X.

X has sued a start-up seeking to cancel X’s Twitter trademarks so it can “bring Twitter back” as a new social network.