The law sets a minimum age for users of platforms like TikTok, Instagram and X. How the restriction will be enforced online remains an open question.
Tag: Fines (Penalties)
Meet One of Hong Kong’s Last Few Pro-Democracy Activists
For Chan Po-ying, a labor rights leader, life is one of constant police surveillance, even on hikes. But she finds solace from tiny gestures of support.
Ukraine Draft Officers Detain Men After Concert Amid Ongoing Russia War
Men who attended the Kyiv concert of a popular rock band had their papers checked on the way out. Some were detained. Tickets to subsequent shows suddenly became available.
Brazil Unblocks X After Musk Backs Down
Brazil’s Supreme Court said Tuesday that Elon Musk’s social network could return in the country after a monthlong ban because the company had complied with the court’s orders.
U.N. Official Took $3 Million in Secret Gifts From Businessman
The official secretly took $3 million in gifts from a businessman to whom he steered the organization’s funds, a court ruled. The U.N. got a song about the ocean.
Brazilian Court Makes One Musk Company Pay Fines of Another
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice said that because Elon Musk controlled both X and Starlink, one company was responsible for the fines of the other.
K-Cup Pods Aren’t Recyclable, S.E.C. Says
The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.
K-Cup Pods Aren’t Recyclable, S.E.C. Says
The agency said Keurig, in its financial filings, had claimed its pods could be “effectively recycled” but didn’t note that two big recycling companies wouldn’t accept them.
The Man Softening the Ground for an Extremist Germany
Björn Höcke has done more than take the far right into the mainstream. He is tilting the mainstream toward the far right.
TikTok Faces E.U. Inquiry Over ‘Addictive’ Features
European officials threatened to fine TikTok and force it to remove some features, the latest regulatory challenge for the Chinese-owned social media app.