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YouTube Censorship User Safety Illegal Content Hate Speech Age Verification AI-generated Content Section 230 Big Tech User Privacy

Brazil Orders Suspension of Discord Livestreams After Teen's Suicide

ANPD says the halt is meant to force fixes to gaps in real-time moderation before livestreaming can resume.

EU Court Rules Google Can Be Held Liable For YouTube Videos From Commercial Partners

Google and Meta Tell Delhi High Court They Cannot Proactively Block Unauthorized Court Clips

Brazil Supreme Court Finalizes Rules Holding Platforms Civilly Liable for Illegal Content

UK Will Force Faster Removal of Illegal Online Content During Declared Crises

STF Sets June 24 Trial to Decide Whether App Workers Are Employees

FTC Begins Enforcing 48-Hour Takedown Rule for Nonconsensual Intimate Images

France Opens Criminal Probe Into X and Musk With Investigative Judges in Charge

UK Moves to Make Tech Bosses Criminally Liable for Failing to Remove Abuse Images

UK Sets 48-Hour Deadline for Platforms to Remove Non‑Consensual Intimate Images

House Judiciary Report Accuses EU of Pressuring Tech to Censor Political Speech Worldwide

Spain Moves to Ban Social Media for Under‑16s and Require Real Age Checks

UK Elevates Cyberflashing to Priority Offence, Requiring Platforms to Block Unsolicited Nudes

MeitY Warns Social Platforms to Remove Obscene Content or Lose Safe Harbour

Meta Reports 90%+ Drop in Enforcement Mistakes, Says Fewer Than 0.1% of Posts Were Removed in Error

India Orders 24-Hour Takedowns of Non‑Consensual Intimate Images Under New MeitY SOP

Ofcom Issues First Online Safety Act Fine to 4chan, With £100-a-Day Penalties

Paxton Expands Texas Probe Into Discord After Reported Kirk Suspect Messages

Wikipedia Co-Founder Larry Sanger Publishes Reform Plan, Citing Ideological Capture

YouTube to Pilot Reinstatement Path for Channels Banned Under Retired Covid and 2020 Election Rules