Temu Fined $232 Million by EU Over Illegal and Unsafe Product Sales Under Digital Services Act
The European Union has fined Temu $232 million after finding lapses in how the platform handled illegal and unsafe products, ...
The European Union has fined Temu $232 million after finding lapses in how the platform handled illegal and unsafe products, ...
Meta is expanding its teen account safeguards across 27 EU countries and introducing stricter age detection tools on Facebook in ...
Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into Telegram over concerns child sexual abuse material was shared on the ...
The company says the feature works in the background, scanning account-level and behavioural signals to judge whether an account is ...
In the open letters released on Wednesday, the campaigners say the apps are being used to generate illegal and degrading ...
The Commission says the companies hindered researcher access to public data and failed to provide simple reporting tools for illegal ...
This development comes at a time when regulators and parents are questioning the safety of AI tools for young users.
The decision follows cases within government circles over what they describe as a “pattern of negligence” by social media firms ...
…escalates fight against digital exploitation

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