By Nancy Harris  |  For The Patriot Ledger      When we look back at the impact on children of the disturbing events of 2020 many adults will say, “ They were so young when it happened; they probably won’t even remember it in the future.” But, the reality is that childhood…

ANKARA Turkey will not bow down to “pressure” by social media companies that see themselves as above the laws on individual rights, the country’s president asserted Wednesday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came at a media awards ceremony held in the presidential complex in the capital Ankara. He accused social…

Social media companies could face multimillion-euro fines if they fail to remove harmful content under new online safety and media regulation legislation. Online services, including YouTube, which refuse to remove criminal material could be hit with fines amounting to €20 million, or 10 per cent of their annual turnover, for…

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Trump’s ban is a reminder that social media platforms need fair and equitable algorithmic access, a stronger moderation team, and a strong moral compass. Their private ownership means we are only free to use them within their own terms of service, which seems to be malleable. That’s problematic because as…

With much focus placed on commercial cyber insurance, not enough attention has been directed to personal customers and making sure they’re protected — and know what to do — when a cyber event hits them. And insurers are the key to moving this forward. Businesses have been wrestling with cyber…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy won the International Children’s Peace Prize on Friday for his work combating cyberbullying in his country, and he vowed to keep fighting online abuse until it is eradicated. “The fight against cyberbullying is like a war, and in this war I…

The behavior is being red-flagged by three college researchers whose studies show it occurring among students. Getty Images In an online forum, a message appears. It contains a threat against a student from an anonymous source. The person spotting it reports it to a school official, the website or police….

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Paul L. Morgan, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Specific groups of kindergartners in the U.S. are more likely to be frequent…

“The era of self-regulation for online companies is over.” These words, from the United Kingdom’s Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright as part of a paper released on Dec. 15th, might be the single clearest articulation of the changing winds for data-intensive, and of the prevailing mood of technology regulators on both…