President Emmanuel Macron, who championed the cause, flagged social media as a factor to blame for rising violence among young people and cited Australia's example, which became the first country in the world to ban under-16s from using social media.

No social media for children: France passes bill to restrict under-15s; know the countries that have banned platforms for kids

Europe is preparing to launch W, a new social media platform positioned as an alternative to X. Focused on verified users, EU-based data hosting and strict privacy rules, W aims to fight disinformation and reduce reliance on US tech platforms.

Europeans plan to launch ‘W’, their own social media platform to rival Elon Musk’s X

Elon Musk's X Corp faces setback as Indian court dismisses petition on govt's online content rules

Social media platforms ask Australia to delay its ban on children below 16 by one year

Instagram users can now personalise their suggestions with this new feature. Here's how it works

Elon Musk calls 'X' as 'Twitter' in a post, forgets he rebranded social media platform

Elon Musk's X alters porn policy, adapts system which blocks under-18 users

Elon Musk's X wins legal battle over ban on Australia church stabbing video

Elon Musk’s X blocks certain posts in India till election concludes

Canada school boards file $4.5 billion lawsuit against Snapchat, TikTok, Meta for 'deliberately' harming kids

Pakistan: Social media platform X blocked amid political turmoil

US teens actively using several social media platforms despite concerns, finds survey

Elon Musk announces launch of new premium subscriptions on X

The US Senate has proposed a ban on social media for children under the age of 13. What's the dark side of social media? Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: US to ban kids from social media platforms?

Is Facebook promoting terrorism? NGO claims 100 pages of terrorist outfits created by social media giant

Indian government mulls identifying and banning ‘fake’ news on social media platforms

Social media alternatives if you are planning to quit Elon Musk's Twitter

'To me, it's my life', Russian influencers cry inconsolably over Instagram ban

TikTok videos get longer in challenge to YouTube

When it comes to social media platforms, free speech and the spread of misinformation and fake news are divided, by a thin line. Many fail to understand the difference, and sometimes even the social media platforms themselves have no clue as to what are facts and what are essentially fake news. This is a controversy in which Twitter now seems to be mired.

Twitter bans prominent US vaccine scientists' account over alleged misinformation

Richa Chadha deletes Twitter, calls the social media platform 'toxic'

YouTube down in many regions, outage affects 250000 users

The domestic intelligence and security service of the United States FBI is leading an inquiry into the Twitter hacking of major companies and individuals, as more Washington lawmakers raised alarms about the breach of high-profile accounts on the social media platform.

FBI probes mega Twitter hack

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