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Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms

By ROD McGUIRK
Apr 28, 2026 7:26 am - Australia is proposing to tax digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government released draft legislation Tuesday that it intends to introduce to Parliament by July.
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes

By SYLVIE CORBET
Feb 03, 2026 8:57 am - French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning.
Gmail gets new AI features, turning it into a personal assistant

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Jan 08, 2026 8:02 am - More artificial intelligence is being implanted into Gmail as Google tries to turn the world's most popular email service into a personal assistant that can improve writing, summarize far-flung information buried in inboxes and deliver daily to-do lists.
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

By ROD McGUIRK
Dec 10, 2025 6:59 am - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult.
Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services

By KELVIN CHAN
Oct 20, 2025 8:20 am - Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon's cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.
Arlington Heights implements new streaming tax, retains grocery tax

By Christopher Placek
Aug 18, 2025 9:46 pm - Arlington Heights will levy a new streaming tax, and keep an old grocery tax, village board members decided Monday.
Why Mundelein is banning public comments on town’s Facebook page

By Russell Lissau
Jul 29, 2025 2:48 pm - Under a new policy, people can’t comment on official Mundelein Facebook posts.
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time

By BARBARA ORTUTAY
Jun 19, 2025 11:34 am - President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.
Beware of Facebook posts for ‘tariff relief’ payments. They’re lies.

By Shira Ovide
Apr 25, 2025 2:01 pm - Tricksters have been paying Meta to show you Facebook and Instagram posts touting a $750 “tariff relief credit” or $5,600 in “tariff relief benefits.”
Trump extends TikTok deadline another 75 days as US continues to look for a deal

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SARAH PARVINI
Apr 04, 2025 2:21 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership.

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