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Image for Instagram to alert parents on teen suicide searches as UK weighs social media ban
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Instagram to alert parents on teen suicide searches as UK weighs social media ban

LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Instagram said it would notify parents if their teenager repeatedly searc...

26th February, 2026

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British far-right activist Tommy Robinson visits US State Department

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson visited t...

25th February, 2026

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Reddit fined $20 million in UK over children's data failures

LONDON, Feb 24 - Britain's privacy watchdog on Tuesday said it had fined social media platform Reddi...

24th February, 2026

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Kremlin says the Telegram messaging app has violated the law many times

MOSCOW, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the authorities had recorded a large num...

24th February, 2026

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Russia investigates Telegram founder Durov in a bid to subjugate the messaging app

MOSCOW, Feb 24 - Russia is investigating Telegram founder Pavel Durov as part of a criminal case on...

24th February, 2026

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Meta users survey found 19% of young teens on Instagram report seeing unwanted nude images

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Nearly 1 in 5 users aged 13 to 15 told Meta that th...

23rd February, 2026

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Soccer-Chelsea, Burnley condemn racist abuse of Fofana, Mejbri

Feb 22 (Reuters) - Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana and Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri said they w...

22nd February, 2026

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Germany's ruling party backs social media curbs for children

By Andreas Rinke STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Germany's ruling conservatives on Saturday p...

21st February, 2026

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Germany's Merz joins calls for social media limits for children

BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz backed growing calls in Germany for controls on...

19th February, 2026

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Exclusive-US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere

By Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Depart...

19th February, 2026

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Europe squares up to Big Tech, risking ire of Washington

By David Latona, Michel Rose and Renee Maltezou MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - European nations are ratc...

17th February, 2026

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Spain to probe X, Meta, TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material

MADRID, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The Spanish government has ordered prosecutors to investigate social medi...

17th February, 2026