social media

Social media refers to digital platforms that enable users to create and share content or participate in social networking. It serves as a primary channel for communication, information dissemination, and public discourse.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to increasing scrutiny over its role in spreading harmful content, addiction, and legal interventions by governments worldwide.

Latest on social media

• Turkey’s social media ban for under-15s starts on 1 November
• Hong Kong national security police charge man over seditious social media posts
• Cabinet clears Rs 10,000 Cr fund for SMEs; Why keeping kids off social media isn’t enough
• A reckoning on social media addiction came late for many kids. Will AI safety be different?
• Mexico to propose bill to curb violent social media content after school attack
• AirAsia chief mocks Singapore Airlines’ food – and social media hits back
• responding over social media to some critics who questioned why she did not attend despite her apparently free schedule
• Australia enforces strict social media regulations and proposes controls on algorithms and smart glasses.
• The speed wasn't accidental — it was systematic. What started as a localized incident became a test case for how quickly false narratives can colonize a factual event, especially when authorities move slower than the platforms amplifying the noise.
• Nearly 70 per cent of Gen Z in Hong Kong have retouched photos of themselves before posting on social media
• French lawmakers have banned children under 15 from accessing social media
• Police arrested four boys for throwing wet tissue balls at pedestrians — but the real enforcement trigger wasn't the act itself, it was the video that went viral afterward

Connections

23 entities linked to social media across the news graph.