UK cracks down on revenge porn; Keir Starmer sets 48-hour deadline for social media

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday issued a strict warning against revenge porn, directing social media companies to remove explicit content from their platforms within the next 48 hours. Calling non-consensual intimate images ‘utterly abhorrent’, the British leader also threatened to block the platforms in the United Kingdom that fail to comply with the…

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Is India considering age-based restrictions on social media platforms? Ashwini Vaishnaw reveals…

Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that the government is in talks with social media companies regarding age-based access controls and the growing challenge of deepfakes. He emphasized the need for tighter regulatory measures to protect children and, more broadly, society from online harms. This comes after the Australian government said a planned…

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