Society

Australia's attempt to bar under-16s from social media has run into a problem no amount of regulatory bluster can hide: teenagers simply kept logging on. Months after the restriction took effect, the Australia's Teen Social Media Ban Falters, Prompting Legal ThreatsRead more

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has formally asked Meta to re-examine the algorithms that decide what Facebook and Instagram users see, warning that current recommendation Government Presses Meta to Rework How Algorithms Rank ContentRead more

Late Sunday, President Donald Trump published a Truth Social post about Brazil's presidential election that referred, mistakenly, to "India's Presidential Election." The error came as Brazilians Trump Confuses India and Brazil While Renewing Election Fraud ClaimsRead more

Central Delhi emptied out on Friday as police detained hundreds of demonstrators, shut metro access to the city's core, and suspended internet services to block a protest demanding the resignation of Delhi Crackdown Exposes Deepening Fight Over Election Commission's CredibilityRead more

Thousands gathered in Mumbai on Friday as the Cockroach Janta Party, a youth-led protest movement that first gained national attention earlier this year, resumed street demonstrations demanding the Youth Protesters Confront India's Election Body Over Voter PurgeRead more