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New research has found that 88% of parents support Australia's under-16 social media ban, despite the majority using social media every day themselves. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-parents-social-media-daily.html Internet Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:20:12 EDT news710661482 Just because Google and Apple are now calling it Lake America doesn't mean everyone has to. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-tech-lake-america-backlash-fuels.html Internet Thu, 08 Oct 2026 05:00:01 EDT news710652695 The way cloud computing systems are designed and built is just as important in defending against cyberattacks as the security measures and safeguards companies put in place, researchers said in a new study. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-cloud-plays-crucial-role-ability.html Internet Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:12 EDT news710407682 Years after the risks of social media for kids first became apparent, U.S. states this summer reached an accord hailed as a turning point for child safety. Meanwhile, a new generation of children has begun engaging with an even more potent technology: artificial intelligence. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-10-reckoning-social-media-addiction-late.html Internet Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:00:01 EDT news710400737 For the first time, researchers have identified and named key players facilitating the growing problem of AI-generated explicit sexual imagery online. The study "The Backbone of Abuse" has been published in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-technology-dominate-infrastructure-nonconsensual-ai.html Internet Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:27 EDT news709981283 For many of us, "Let me just ask the chatbot" has become an everyday phrase. Where we used to turn to Google to find information, AI chatbots have become a common way to get answers to everything from what to make for dinner and how to word a difficult email to the boss to what it means when interest rates rise. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-ai-chatbots-narrow-slice-knowledge.html Internet Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:20:12 EDT news709813561 TikTok on Friday agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and enact time limits and other restrictions for teen users, avoiding a trial with a settlement modeled on Instagram owner Meta's recent agreement with U.S. states. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-tiktok-teen-limits-settlement-meta.html Internet Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:50:02 EDT news709618447 If you're one of Google Discover's millions of daily users, you've doubtless come across all manner of content without actively searching for it. A Spanish user, for instance, might see headlines promising to reveal the secret recipes of avant-garde chef Ferran Adrià, what time 46-year-old TV presenter Pilar Rubio goes to bed, the latest unmissable deals from Lidl or the new car that will allow them to say "adiós" to annual inspections. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-google-online-personalized-content.html Internet Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:00:15 EDT news709372143 Meta has disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year based on information provided by Singapore police, the company said Wednesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-meta-million-scammers-accounts-singapore.html Internet Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:40:03 EDT news709357004 Most people associate network performance with bandwidth, the amount of data that can be transferred per second. However, for many of today's digital services, latency is just as important. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-reveals-internet.html Internet Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:36:03 EDT news709202150 Meta on Thursday moved to remove AI-generated videos targeting two women, including a British politician, after the tech giant's Oversight Board blasted its "fundamentally inadequate" safeguards against proliferating deepfakes. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-oversight-board-blasts-inadequate-meta.html Internet Fri, 18 Sep 2026 03:40:02 EDT news708918199 The EU laid out plans Thursday for strict age limits for children to access social media, games and AI assistants—and to force companies to make platforms safe before minors use them. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-kids-social-media-eu-law.html Internet Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:20:02 EDT news708869210 The European Union will ban children under 13 from social media and allow only limited, supervised access until age 15 under plans unveiled Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-eu-chief-unveil-social-media.html Internet Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:00:16 EDT news708750945 The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots and online games for children younger than 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-eu-curbing-social-media-online.html Internet Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:10 EDT news708699066 Millions of students every day turn to AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, emotional support and personal advice—often unaware of where their conversations and other personal information end up. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-microsoft-commits-ai-privacy-students.html Internet Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:41:59 EDT news708666069 There is a modern adage: If you don't want it on the internet, don't put it on the internet. However, a review of research into social media privacy in the International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy has found that legal and ethical protections are not keeping pace with the volume of personal information collected and shared online. Moreover, much inferred information that people don't deliberately share can now be gleaned by interested third parties from their social media activity. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-social-media-expose-politics-religion.html Internet Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:20:01 EDT news708349032 It's time for the European Union to kill those pesky cookie banners seeking users' consent on websites, nearly 20 groups and academics demanded Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-cookie-banner-digital-rights-groups.html Internet Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:20:02 EDT news708231804 Meta said Wednesday it had begun testing Community Notes in 16 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, a step toward replacing the professional fact-checking program it runs with partner organizations across the region. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-meta-fact-latin-america.html Internet Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:08 EDT news708186724 Social media algorithms are a powerful feature of online life, serving up content to users based on their browsing habits or personal data. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-addictive-algorithms-powering-social.html Internet Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:40:06 EDT news708165238 The European Union should force tech giants to make social media safe before children use it instead of banning minors from their platforms, more than 130 groups and experts urged in a letter shared with AFP Tuesday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-rein-social-media-children-groups.html Internet Wed, 09 Sep 2026 07:20:01 EDT news708154944 Meta launched on Tuesday a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company's words, turning "long-term goals into action plans." https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-meta-personal-ai-agent-muse.html Internet Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:26:55 EDT news708146803 Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tuesday as he unveiled draft laws reining in big tech. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-australia-threatens-hefty-fines-big.html Internet Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:50:01 EDT news708061243 China's top court issued guidelines Monday covering a range of emerging pitfalls associated with artificial intelligence, including unauthorized deepfakes and voice cloning, state media reported. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-china-court-guidelines-deepfakes-ai.html Internet Mon, 07 Sep 2026 15:00:12 EDT news708007870 Australians could be given the option of opting out of powerful social media algorithms under new legislation cracking down on Big Tech, a minister said Monday. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-australians-opt-social-media-algorithms.html Internet Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:30:01 EDT news707972847 When you enter a web address into your browser and arrive at the correct website a second later, a process takes place that most people never notice. Behind the scenes, one of the internet's most important systems is at work: DNS, the Domain Name System. In his doctoral thesis, computer scientist Jonathan Magnusson investigates how effectively today's DNS infrastructure protects users' privacy and what shortcomings remain. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-internet-private-dns-exposes-browsing.html Internet Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:00:01 EDT news707657730 Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta's landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance—and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can't tell which users are kids. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-09-social-media-companies-harder-users.html Internet Tue, 01 Sep 2026 04:50:02 EDT news707456267 The way Australians consume news has been changing for the past 30 years, ever since internet use became widespread. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-surveyed-australian-teens-news-ai.html Internet Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:20:08 EDT news707400665 For 30 years, the World Wide Web has run on a surprisingly profound social contract: Most sites are free for search engines to access, but if you use their content, you give credit by linking to the source. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-ai-website-traffic-websites-blocking.html Internet Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:40:03 EDT news707384041 Meta's landmark settlement with nearly every U.S. state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook—but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-meta-teen-safety-unsolved-problem.html Internet Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:40:05 EDT news707137906 The EU said Thursday it expects Meta to address "addictive" features of its platforms in Europe after the tech giant agreed to sweeping limits on teen use of Facebook and Instagram in some US states. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-08-settlement-eu-meta-kids.html Internet Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:40:06 EDT news707041732