Meta faces further pressure in Europe and the US after launching the Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus and WhatsApp Plus services. Regulatory disputes and technical outages have now been joined by a British initiative, under which social networks are to be banned for children under 16 from spring 2027. The Guardian ↗
The British measure is to apply to the platforms Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, but not to the services WhatsApp and Signal. The government is presenting it as a response to the impact of social networks on minors, while some British teenagers expressed mixed views on such a ban in their reactions. teraz.sk ↗
The topic of platforms' impact on children has also opened up in Italy. A mother from the city of Asti stated that her daughter began searching for depressive content online in September 2023. New European findings also show a difference between the views of parents and young people: nearly half of the teenagers surveyed assume a positive effect from social networks, while according to the survey, parents underestimate children's screen time by about an hour a day. aktuality.sk ↗
Meanwhile, Meta remains under pressure also because of previous outages of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads on June 12, when users reported problems with logging in, loading apps, and sending messages. The company is also dealing with internal tension due to the transfer of employees to tasks related to artificial intelligence. BBC News ↗
The European Commission has also ordered the company to restore free access for competing artificial intelligence assistants to WhatsApp within the Union during the investigation. The development suggests that Meta's paid features will remain only one part of a broader dispute over regulation, child safety, artificial intelligence, and the reliability of major platforms. Spiegel.de ↗
Meta under pressure after UK ban for children and dispute in Italy
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