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Japan is considering stronger age restrictions for social media use — but public response to the move hasn't been as positive as hoped
Japan’s communications ministry has proposed new measures to protect young people from social media addiction
Meta's subscription plans are the tip of a terrible pay-to-engage iceberg and may be the beginning of the end for social media as we know it
Meta's Plus subscription plan is probably the worst thing to happen to social media since the dislike button.
Medical report links social media use in children to tobacco use
Social media use has been compared to smoking by medical professionals as the UK government enters the final stages of its ban consultation.
Your Discord calls are much safer now, but age verification is still coming
All of Discord's voice and video calls will now feature end-to-end encryption by default, but there are still two major privacy concerns for users.
Users think Discord's Linux update is a distraction from the controversy
Discord's latest efforts to improve the user experience, particularly on Linux, are certainly noteworthy, but its age-verification plans remain a concern.
Discord's Nitro service is now worth it after this latest collaboration
Discord has been under fire over the last few months over the age verification controversy, but that may simmer down after its latest collaboration.
TikTok scales back its AI summaries after they create 'garbage' captions
TikTok says it's pulling back a limited test of AI summary captions, after the feature kept making major mistakes.
Meta wants to scan kids' height and bone structure to verify their age
Meta is enhancing its technology for detecting users under 13 who shouldn't be on Facebook or Instagram.
