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- 1Indonesia pressures Meta over child safety as fines loom●Indonesia: Govt. urges Meta to deliver on child safety commitment as it drafts administrative fines for non-compliant 'high-risk' platforms
Indonesia's government is pressing Meta to follow through on its child safety commitments while drafting regulations that would impose administrative fines on 'high-risk' platforms that fail to comply. The move signals tighter oversight of social media companies operating in Indonesia and comes amid growing global scrutiny of how platforms protect children online.
- 2Freedom United warns traffickers exploit social media to sell children●# News : Freedom United warns # traffickers are using # socialmedia to groom and sell children while # BigTech hides beh
Anti-trafficking organisation Freedom United warns that traffickers are using social media platforms to groom and sell children, while major technology companies avoid liability under Section 230 of US law, which shields platforms from responsibility for content posted by users. The campaign group argues the legal framework lets BigTech evade accountability for enabling child trafficking, and is pressing for stronger children's rights protections and reform of platform immunity rules.
- 3Social media platforms reject paid ads for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary●The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all refused to run paid advertisements for Alex Gibney's documentary 'Musk', distributed by Bleecker Street and set for release on October 9, citing policies on political content. X has not responded to the distributor's inquiries at all. Bleecker Street is appealing the rejections as the film's release date approaches.