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UK to ban social media access for children under 16

UK to ban social media access for children under 16

The ban will apply to all “user-to-user platforms, whose purpose is to enable social interaction and which allow users to post material, alongside algorithms,” according to a press release from the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.
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16 Jun 2026 | The Record International
EFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of Surveillance

EFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of Surveillance

LGBTQ+ communities are facing an escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance, but we can push back through mutual solidarity. Join us live to learn how safer virtual spaces get built, how platform policies and government pressure are reshaping the digital landscape, and what platform accountability actually looks like. Our...
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15 Jun 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
Estonia to quarantine emails sent from Russian .ru domain before they reach government officials

Estonia to quarantine emails sent from Russian .ru domain before they reach government officials

Estonia will require additional security screening for emails sent from Russia’s .ru top-level domain before they reach government officials, according to the country's minister of justice and digital affairs.
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15 Jun 2026 | The Record International
Maine closes data breach portal to the public after fake reports

Maine closes data breach portal to the public after fake reports

Maine is still allowing companies to report breaches, but won’t make the portal easily available to the public until after it completes an audit of its procedures to stop such incidents, according to a press release from the Maine attorney general’s office.
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15 Jun 2026 | The Record International
Cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupts business, government services for week

Cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral disrupts business, government services for week

According to customer complaints, the disruption affected a range of services used by businesses, leading to interruptions in cash register operations, difficulties selling certain regulated goods, loss of access to customer portals and corporate email and problems with electronic human resources document management systems and authentication using digital certificates.
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15 Jun 2026 | The Record International
UK to ban social media for under 16s, aims to implement it in 2027

UK to ban social media for under 16s, aims to implement it in 2027

The UK PM said that the UK's under-16 social media ban takes its definition from the Australian model, which means certain features or services are expected to be within the ban while others won't. The post UK to ban social media for under 16s, aims to implement it in 2027...
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15 Jun 2026 | MediaNama India Asie-Pacifique
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