US: X ineffective against rise in election misinformation, says report
X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking initiative, called “Community Notes”, is failing to curb the rise in misinformation related to the forthcoming presidential...
MALAYSIA: Meta objects to regulatory licensing for social media
Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has objected to regulatory licensing for social media platforms mandated by the...
BRAZIL: Social media companies sued over ‘unsupervised’ child usage
Leading tech companies, including Meta and TikTok, have been taken to court in Brazil over allegations that they failed to...
EU: LinkedIn fined for data privacy breaches
LinkedIn, a popular employment-based platform owned by Microsoft, has been fined $335 million for breaching data privacy. The heavy penalty...
DRM Weekly Review (Oct 21-25, 2024)
From the United Nations' Committee on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR) raising concerns over internet shutdowns in Pakistan to the...
