online safety

X Boosts Content Moderation Teams as Taylor Swift Deep Fakes Go Viral on Platform
X Boosts Content Moderation Teams as Taylor Swift Deep Fakes Go Viral on Platform
January 28, 2024  |  Social Commerce

Social media platform X is hiring 100 content moderators to police child abuse content. “At X, we have zero tolerance for Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE), and we...

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Big Tech Escapes California’s Social Media Addiction Bill Again
Big Tech Escapes California’s Social Media Addiction Bill Again
September 03, 2023  |  Regulation

A California bill proposing to hold platforms accountable for social media addiction has died in committee. As Bloomberg News reported Friday (Sept. 1), this marks the second...

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Elon Musk: X Will Eliminate Block Feature
Elon Musk: X Will Eliminate Block Feature
August 18, 2023  |  Social Commerce

X owner Elon Musk said Friday (Aug. 18) that users of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter will no longer be able to...

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UK Cuts Tech Firms Slack on Online Content Fraud
UK Cuts Tech Firms Slack on Online Content Fraud
May 01, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

The U.K.’s new anti-fraud strategy reportedly places less burden on tech companies. As the Financial Times reported Monday (May 1), the British government is set to unveil...

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Queen’s Speech to Parliament Highlights New Rules for Big Tech
Queen’s Speech to Parliament Highlights New Rules for Big Tech
May 10, 2022  |  emea

The U.K. government revealed today (May 10) its legislative agenda for the next parliamentary session. The Queen´s Speech, this year delivered by Prince Charles, unveiled...

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