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UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy called Elon Musk's X a 'disgrace' and vowed to crack down on doxxing, while the European Union announced plans to ban social media for children under 13.
🐿️ Governments are finally moving beyond rhetoric with concrete age restrictions and platform accountability measures.
A Texas judge ruled that TikTok misled users about its child safety features, and a federal judge in Washington D.C. ordered that former President Trump's name be removed from the Kennedy Center building. Both decisions highlight judicial scrutiny of corporate and political.
🐿️ The TikTok ruling exposes the gap between platform promises and actual safety measures, while the Kennedy Center decision reinforces that public institutions should not be used for personal political gain.
Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety.
🐿️ The $18 billion settlement might force Meta to finally prioritize child safety over engagement, but Trump's AI posts show social media remains a tool for distraction and misinformation.
New Zealand's prime minister plans to introduce a bill banning children under 16 from social media, with fines up to 10% of global revenue for non-compliance. In the UK, the government has ordered platforms to remove dangerous driving content after a fatal A66 crash, while platforms continue training AI on user content with limited opt-out options.
🐿️ Platforms should stop treating user data as free training fodder before regulators force them to, starting with a clear opt-in for AI use.
