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A new report finds that Meta and Google restrict abortion information in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Meta will no longer prompt political content across apps and give users more control over the content they are recommended to read.

From setting a 60-minute daily screen time limit to having a new youth-focused section on its community guidelines, social media platform TikTok shared ahead of Safer Internet Day on Tuesday the manifold ways it promotes youth privacy and safety online. TikTok Outreach & Partnerships Manager KahnJi Weerachaising led a recent…

From PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Bureau KIGALI, (CAJ News) – KASPERSKY has opened its first Transparency Centre in the continent, as part of the Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF). The centre located in Kigali, Rwanda, is also opening as part of Kaspersky’s Global Transparency Initiative. The initiative is established to highlight the reliability

Ottawa is banning the use of the China-based WeChat instant messaging app and Russian-based Kaspersky security products on the mobile devices of federal civil servants, although it isn't clear how widely they are being used. This morning, Treasury Board president Anita Anand announced a ban on the use of WeChat and the Kaspersky suite of

The major online platforms which are signatories of the new Code of Practice  on Disinformation of 2022 (Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok) published new reports on how they turned their commitments to reduce the spread of disinformation into practice. Available to download on the Transparency Centre, the documents show further efforts by signatories to enhance transparency […]

Digital Safety: A Shared Responsibility TikTok is Proud to Prioritise

Digital Safety: A Shared Responsibility TikTok is Proud to Prioritise

Meta has offered users more tools to control the content recommendations that the company's AI software serves on its Facebook and Instagram platforms.

Over 6.5 million pieces of content were removed in the first half of 2022, a 29% increase from the second half of 2021. Read more at straitstimes.com.