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UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
by  AFP

New UK age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force on Friday, with campaigners hailing them a "milestone" in their years-long battle for stronger regulations. The long-awaited new rules, which aim to prevent minors from encountering content relating to suicide, self-harm, eating disorders as well as porn, stem from a 2023 Online Safety Act.

French car dealer charged over Takata air bag injury
French car dealer charged over Takata air bag injury
by  AFP

A car dealer has been charged over failures that led to a driver being injured when a faulty Takata airbag sprayed him with metal fragments, a source said Friday, the first criminal charges in France in a massive recall scandal.

Meta to ban political ads in EU due to bloc's 'unworkable' rules
Meta to ban political ads in EU due to bloc's 'unworkable' rules
by  AFP

Meta on Friday said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of rules the Facebook and Instagram owner called "unworkable". Political, electoral and social issue advertising will no longer be allowed from October in the bloc, it said, because of "unworkable requirements" under the new rules.

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