Tag: social networks
China wants to ban Internet access for minors at night
China is tightening its control over smartphones, and this time it concerns minors. China’s cyberspace regulator plans to deprive under-18s of the Internet at night and there is also talk…
can the government contain the dissemination of scenes of violence on social networks?
Accused of amplifying urban violence by allowing the massive dissemination of images of riots throughout France, platforms such as Snapchat, Tiktok or Twitter are in the sights of the government.…
a vast scam with the false judicial summons dismantled
A vast email scam case in France and Belgium has been dismantled. The scammers used false legal summonses that they sent by e-mail to their victims accusing them of having…
Masculinist influencer Andrew Tate charged with human trafficking
Masculinist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been indicted in Romania for “organizing a criminal group, human trafficking and rape”. An announcement made this Tuesday, June 20 by…
a law to regulate the practices of influencers in France
This Thursday, June 1, the French Parliament definitively adopted the bill against the excesses of influencers, after months of controversy in the middle. It is the first text in Europe…
Fired Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson launches Twitter show
The star host, accused of having relayed false accusations of fraud in the last American presidential election and brutally dismissed from the conservative channel Fox News on April 24, 2023,…
Developments and surprises in digital uses around the world
What language do you use on the web? Where are the majority of internet users located? Who are the most connected populations? Which of the computer or the telephone is…
in Russia, an anti-VPN campaign is in full swing
For the past year, Instagram, Facebook and exiled independent media have been banned from Russia, and they are now only accessible via VPNs. Since the beginning of 2023, the fight…
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, tries again to evade justice in Kenya
Meta is being sued by dozens of former content moderators employed by Sama, a Facebook subcontractor. They accuse the two companies of “wrongful dismissal” and “anti-union” maneuvers. But Facebook claims…
the UN is concerned about a call for the murder of its envoy on social networks
A call for hatred and violence is causing concern in Sudan. In a video circulating on social media, a man publicly attacks the UN envoy to Khartoum, Volker Perthes, and…