California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers
privacy.ca.gov/drop/ Shira Ovide / @shiraovide : Data brokers are the invisible engines of the data surveillance economy. It's hard to escape. Until. — California just opened a website to delete (...
EU lawmakers agree on new rules that hold platforms like Meta and TikTok liable for financial scams that have been reported, requiring them to compensate banks
Update Trader Edge / Blockonomi : Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock: Google Drops Microsoft Fight as EU Launches Cloud Crackdown Philip Blenkinsop / Reuters : EU members seek safeguards in US tariff deal to prot...
Online platforms offering astrological advice are thriving in India, with the leading app Astrotalk claiming about 84% of its 70M users are under the age of 35
An age-old belief in astrology has snowballed into a $7 billion industry as a younger generation seeks celestial guidance. LinkedIn: Aznaur Midov and Akriti Sharma LinkedIn: Aznaur Midov : “India's to...
The European Commission says it is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for potential child safety DSA violations “as a matter of priority”
New rules compel large online platforms to do more to protect users from harmful illegal content
The US House passes the Take It Down Act to criminalize posting nonconsensual intimate imagery, including deepfakes, and require online platforms to remove them
Trump is expected to sign into law a bill that would force online platforms to quickly take down nonconsensual intimate images.
Donald Trump signs an EO ending “federal censorship” of online platforms, and directs the AG to investigate if the Biden admin censored US citizens' free speech
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... [image] Ryan Goodman / @rgoodlaw : This Executive Order appears to be the executive branch taking up the work of Jim Jordan's weaponization of government select sub...
A look at India's draft DPDP Rules, which require platforms to verify the age and identity of a parent when obtaining consent to process data of users under 18
The newly released draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025 say that online platforms must check the age …
Research center Bitácora Social estimates that six out of 10 catalog sellers in Mexico now sell products from online platforms, including Shein and Temu
and inadvertently contributing to the slow demise of the catalog industry. My latest https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : Mexico has a decades-old industry of door-to-door saleswomen. Now they'r...
Elon Musk calls Australia's government “fascists” after it unveiled a bill to fine online platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for enabling misinformation
Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday called Australia's centre-left government “fascists” …
A look at the surge of interest-based sites as users grow weary of big platforms; MAUs for Letterboxd, Strava, and AllTrails grew 55%, 20%, and 10% YoY in H1
- Biking, reading and dining apps draw users seeking connection — Niche apps take hold as alternative to larger online platforms