04 Oct, 2024
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UK Government Considers Tightening Social Media Regulations After Riots

Recent far-right riots following disinformation have informed the UK government’s deliberations on firmer rules governing social media companies. A more recent legislation – the Online Safety Act endorsed in October but was not implemented yet – has raised concerns because several governments are considering broadening its coverage to fight dissemination of rather toxic contents and […]

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South Korea Cracks Down On Social Media Deepfakes

As part of efforts to tackle the increasing rate of sex crimes in cyberspace and the circulation of obscene deepfake materials, South Korean officials have disclosed their intend to improve cooperation with social networks including Telegram. The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) on Wednesday announced that they will seek to ask more social media platform […]

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North Korea Bans All Social Media Platforms

In a decision that has caused ripples across the world, North Korea has declared that there is no access to any social networks in the country, isolating its population from the rest of the.world’s online discourse. The decision took effect today and is considered as the new effort of the regime to strengthen its control […]