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How we get the balance right between using social media to hold people to account versus the risk of invading people’s privacy depends on the context, of course, and is ultimately about power.

Younger people aged 18 to 28 were more likely to be negatively impacted by manipulative designs on websites and apps.

Prince Harrys work to protect children Archie and Lilibet from online harm echoes his efforts to protect Meghan Markle from a hostile U.K. media.

It takes courage to file a report against sexual harassment online, and many women stop short of doing so, but it is vital to take that step to prevent others from becoming victims, said Georgette Tan, president of non-profit United Women Singapore.

The online safety bill will make it mandatory for pornography websites to verify the age of users.

An All Pakistan Lawyers Convention has resolved that the judiciary must rise and guard its independence by shunning external pressures

Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 1:37 pm The New Zealand Law Society | Te Kāhui Ture o Aotearoa has told a parliamentary select committee it supports a bill giving effect to the Government’s Christchurch Call commitment (a commitment by several governments and technology companies to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online) but recommends that the details of the proposed web filter system should be set out in legislation, not regulations. The Films, Videos, and Publications Classi...

Filtering bill gives the Govt a blank cheque to censor the internet, opponents say 7 Apr, 2021 05:40 AM 8 minutes to read Proposed internet filtering legislation has been described as too vague. Photo / 123RF Internet filtering legislation currently before Parliament is impractical, and gives the government "blank cheque" powers to censor the internet, opponents say. The internet filtering bill - officially the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Cla...

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“New Zealanders can now have their say on a new Bill to make livestreaming objectionable content a criminal offence and better protect all of us from inadvertently viewing harmful online content,” says Minister for Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti.