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Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown
AFP, Published on 10/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia banned under-16s from social media in a world-first crackdown on Wednesday, declaring it was time to "take back control" from formidable tech giants.
What to know about Australia’s social media ban
The New York TImes, Published on 07/12/2025
» SYDNEY — There are an estimated 440,000 young Australian teens, ages 13 to 15, on Snapchat. On Instagram, 350,000 in that age group are active users, and on TikTok, 200,000. Even Facebook — not exactly squarely in the Gen Alpha zeitgeist — reportedly has 150,000.
Gaming fans bring electric energy to Rotterdam as TwitchCon arrives
AFP, Published on 02/06/2025
» ROTTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) - A few metro stops from Rotterdam's Ahoy Arena, chatter is already flowing among gaming fans -- TwitchCon passes swinging from their necks, animal ears perched on their heads.
Video game play gets frisky at CES gadget gala
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» LAS VEGAS - Video game play met romantic intimacy in a corner of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Thursday -- but it hasn't always been smooth sailing for sex toys at the Las Vegas gadget extravaganza.
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy
New York Times, Published on 27/02/2024
» WASHINGTON — An airman who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip died of his injuries Sunday night, a spokesperson for the United States Air Force, Rose M. Riley, said Monday.
YouTube streamer faces riot charge after park erupts in chaos
New York Times, Published on 05/08/2023
» NEW YORK: A popular social media streamer faced a charge of inciting a riot Friday when an event at Manhattan's Union Square Park where he planned to give away video game consoles descended into mayhem, drawing a crowd estimated at several thousand young people.
In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake porn
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating "AI girls" and manipulated images fueling "sextortion" rackets -- a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology.
Racist US shooter jailed for life as man lunges at him in court
AFP, Published on 16/02/2023
» NEW YORK - A white supremacist who murdered 10 Black people during a live-streamed supermarket rampage in New York state last year was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday during an emotional hearing that saw a man lunge for the shooter.
230 pilot whales stranded in Australia, 'about half' feared dead
AFP, Published on 21/09/2022
» A pod of 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania Wednesday, with Australian officials saying only half appeared to be alive.
New breed of video sites thrive on misinformation and hate
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2022
» A day after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last May, the video-sharing website BitChute was amplifying a far-right conspiracy theory that the massacre was a so-called false flag operation, meant to discredit gun-loving Americans.