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TikTok announces new safety measures

TikTok announces new safety measures

  • Features aimed at enhancing safer content creation and sharing
By Arab News ·
Snapchat adds new parental-control tools, including option to restrict interaction with AI chatbot

Snapchat adds new parental-control tools, including option to restrict interaction with AI chatbot

By Arab News ·
TikTok rolls out new account enforcement system to address repeated policy violations

TikTok rolls out new account enforcement system to address repeated policy violations

By Arab News ·
Twitter rolls out new feature to protect fact-checking tool participants 

Twitter rolls out new feature to protect fact-checking tool participants 

By Arab News ·
TikTok takes steps to make platform safer for teens

TikTok takes steps to make platform safer for teens

By Arab News ·
The proactive approach to content comes after Amazon kicked social media app Parler off its cloud service shortly after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for permitting content promoting violence. (File/AFP)

Amazon to proactively remove more content that violates rules from cloud service

By Reuters ·
Safety Mode can be turned on under settings and will be available to a small feedback group on iOS, Android and Twitter.com. (File/AFP)

Twitter launches “safety mode” to block accounts for harmful language

By Reuters ·
Instagram is aware some users might enter a false birth date and said it was developing new technology to address such issues. (File/AFP)

Instagram to require users to share their birthday amid youth safety push

By Reuters ·
New Instagram users aged under 16 – 18 in some countries – will have a private account by default, which means their content will not show up in public areas. (Supplied)

Instagram launches new features for teen online safety

By Arab News ·
The #SaferArabicInternet campaign will look to turn the tide on the growing number of online fake news and conspiracy theory outlets in the region. (AFP/File Photo)

Google urging Arab web users to stay safe online

By TAREK ALI AHMAD ·
Facebook forges ahead with kids app despite expert criticism

Facebook forges ahead with kids app despite expert criticism

By AP ·

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