The EU proposal is part of an EU Kids Act that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen will present on September 17
The Safe Online Spaces forum tackles different aspects of online safety, from legal and technological issues to community and family-related efforts, to foster safe spaces for children
(1st UPDATE) The DICT says Meta Platforms ‘continues to fall short of its responsibility and commitment to youth safety,’ and authorities will take steps to remedy that in the Philippines
Under the proposal, which will need to be negotiated with EU countries and the European Parliament in the coming months before it can become law, accounts for children between 13 and 15 will be under parental control
(1st UPDATED) The CICC demands Discord and Reddit ‘immediately designate, from receipt of the letters, a resident agent or local representative who can facilitate Philippine jurisdiction and enhance coordination and cooperation with Philippine authorities’
CICC Executive Director Undersecretary Renato Paraiso gives Discord and Reddit further time to comply with an ultimatum after the two companies reach out
‘We find ourselves in a really terrible situation in terms of what AI is doing to kids,’ says Tom Siegel, former vice president of trust and safety at Google
CICC Executive Director Renato Paraiso confirms the lifting of the ban against Discord after direct talks with Discord management on steps to enchance cooperation between the two parties
The contention by X, whose parent company is Elon Musk’s SpaceX, amounts to one of the world’s most powerful people injecting a geopolitical element into the debate on the social media ban for teens
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls it ‘outrageous’ for the vice president to insult the work of Philippine news organizations