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TikTok settles hours before landmark social media addiction trial

techxplore - Video sharing app TikTok has made an eleventh-hour deal to avoid a landmark US trial accusing it, along with Meta and YouTube, of addicting young people to social media, lawyers said on Tuesday.

#techpolicy #digitalhealth #health #tiktok #psychology #bytedance #law #media #litigation

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France to ban officials from US video tools including Zoom, Teams

Émile Marzolf / politico - The government wants staff to shun Silicon Valley and shift to its home-grown Visio platform instead.

#cybersecurity #cloud #techpolicy #enterprise #microsoft #government #apps #europe #encryption #digitalprivacy

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TikTok’s US Handover Spirals Into Chaos

Chris Hauk / idropnews - TikTok’s transition to US ownership hits a crisis as server outages, censorship claims over a Minneapolis shooting, and a Gavin Newsom probe drive users to UpScrolled.Read More...


Censorship claims and content suppression

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Technical outages and infrastructure hiccups

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U.S. ownership and political influence


User exodus to alternative platforms


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Back to Top / Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 2:20 pm / permalink 18453 / 16 stories in 5 wks


WhatsApp introduces an advanced security mode to protect against hackers

Lawrence Bonk / engadget - Meta's WhatsApp just introduced something called Strict Account Settings, a tool "that further protects your account from highly sophisticated cyber attacks." This is a one-click button in the settings that automatically initiates a series of defenses.So …

#cybersecurity #techpolicy #meta #apps #law #instantmessaging #encryption #digitalprivacy #regulation

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 12:21 pm / permalink 18446 / 7 stories in 5 wks


Pornhub will block new users in the UK next month

Emma Roth / theverge - Pornhub will soon begin restricting UK users from accessing its website in response to the country's "failed" online safety regulations, according to an announcement on Tuesday. The site's owner, Aylo, says it will block users who haven't already verified…

#techpolicy #uk #internet #law #media #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalid #safety #digitalprivacy

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Back to Top / Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 11:21 am / permalink 18445 / 10 stories in 5 wks


EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - The European Commission (EC) announced today that Google has six months to open up Android to rival AI services.The post EU Gives Google Six Months to Open Up Android and Search to Rivals appeared first on Thurrott.com.

#ai #techpolicy #google #android #antitrust #genai #alphabet #digitalmarketsact #eu #api

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French lawmakers approve bill banning social media for children under 15

go - French lawmakers have approved a bill banning social media for children under 15

#techpolicy #social #health #government #europe #law #censorship #contentmoderation #digitalprivacy #regulation

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EU investigates X for sexual AI images made by Grok

Mels Dees / techzine - The European Union has launched a formal investigation into social media platform X for possible violations of European legislation on illegal and harmful content. The investigation was prompted by public outrage after manipulated, sexually suggestive ima…


Child Safety and Legal Crackdowns


EU Probe: Oversight of Grok AI Failures


Nonconsensual Nudification Trends


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Back to Top / Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 18437 / 16 stories in 5 wks


Meta, TikTok and YouTube are on trial over whether their apps hurt children

Shannon Bond / npr - A trial kicking off in a Los Angeles courtroom marks the first time a jury will hear claims that social media companies knowingly hook young users and cause harm.

#techpolicy #meta #social #youtube #tiktok #law #contentmoderation #litigation #safety #california

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Oracle and OpenAI scrap Texas data-center expansion; Meta eyes the spare capacity

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship Texas data center, leaving substantial compute capacity up for grabs. Nvidia reportedly brokered interest from Meta to take the unused slots as OpenAI downscales that particular buildout, a move that rattled markets and highlights shifting demand for large-scale on-prem AI infrastructure. More...


OpenAI launches Codex Security agent to automatically detect software vulnerabilities

OpenAI rolled out Codex Security, an AI agent that scans codebases to find complex vulnerabilities, suggests actionable fixes, and uses sandbox testing to limit false positives. The tool has already flagged issues in major projects and aims to compete with traditional application security tooling by automating deep, contextual code review. More...


Google releases Workspace CLI enabling AI agents to access Gmail, Drive, Calendar

Google has shipped an open-source Workspace CLI that gives AI agents like OpenClaw programmatic access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and other Workspace services via a built-in MCP server. The tool standardizes agent integration, making it easier — and slightly creepier — for automated assistants to act on users’ behalf across core productivity apps. More...


CISA, Google and US agencies flag Coruna iOS exploit kit in active use

U.S. agencies and security teams have raised alarms about “Coruna,” a powerful iOS exploit kit tied to spyware and crypto-theft campaigns. Google’s threat unit traced the toolkit’s activity while CISA ordered federal mitigations for the targeted iOS flaws, urging rapid patching as investigators hunt for origins and victims. More...


U.S.-Iran strikes roil markets and satellite imagery firms amid fresh attacks

A recent round of retaliatory strikes between the U.S. and Iran has immediate spillovers: defense analytics firm shares jumped on expected demand, major chipmaker stock fell amid geopolitical jitters, and a commercial satellite imagery provider paused public image distribution to prevent adversarial use for battle-damage assessment. Markets and imagery services scrambled for damage control. More...



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