Graphic execution videos from Ecuador spread on X – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Graphic images and videos of executions related to an eruption of gang violence in…
Inside the police force scouring the internet to save abused children – POLITICO
EUROPOL HEADQUARTERS, THE HAGUE — “Please knock. Do not enter,” said the sign on the door of Europe’s heavily-secured law enforcement headquarters in the Netherlands.…
Elon Musk hit with probe over spread of toxic content – POLITICO
Elon Musk just got an early, unwelcome Christmas present from Europe: the bloc’s first-ever investigation via its new social media law into X. The European…
Rishi Sunak hails ‘passionate’ Elon Musk ahead of livestreamed chat – POLITICO
LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended his decision to invite tech tycoon Elon Musk to a livestreamed conversation marking the end of his…
Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the war – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — A photo with a bloody dead baby whose face is blurred has…
Hamas hate videos make Elon Musk Europe’s digital enemy No.1 – POLITICO
Elon Musk has made himself Europe's digital public enemy number one. Since Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the billionaire's social network X has been flooded…
Meet the Facebook lobbyist-turned-lord fighting Britain’s encryption crackdown – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Deep in the recesses of Britain’s Hogwarts-like houses of parliament, a Facebook…
Big Tech’s to-do list under new EU content rules – POLITICO
BRUSSELS — The European Union's effort to crack down on illegal and harmful digital content in the bloc is about to take off. As soon…
The EU wants to cure your teen’s smartphone addiction – POLITICO
Glazed eyes. One syllable responses. The steady tinkle of beeps and buzzes coming out of a smartphone’s speakers. It’s a familiar scene for parents around…
Russia’s Wagner Group uses Twitter and Facebook to hunt new recruits – POLITICO
Russia's paramilitary Wagner Group has been using Twitter and Facebook to recruit medics, drone operators and even psychologists to aid fighting operations, including in Ukraine,…
UK ministers lock horns with WhatsApp over threat to break encryption – POLITICO
LONDON — Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating…
Facebook, Twitter to face new EU content rules by August 25 – POLITICO
The world's largest social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others will have to crack down on illegal and harmful content or else face hefty…
France aims to protect kids from parents oversharing pics online – POLITICO
PARIS — French parents had better think twice before posting too many pictures of their offspring on social media. On Tuesday, members of the National Assembly's…