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Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’
October 20, 2025
Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expert Business live – latest updates A major internet outage has hit dozens of websites and apps around the world, with users reporting trouble getting online after problems at Amazon’s cloud computing service. The…
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Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study
September 11, 2025
Social media platform accused of failing to filter out obvious usernames such as ‘coke’, ‘weed’ and ‘molly’ Snapchat has been accused by a Danish research organisation of leaving an “overwhelming number” of drug dealers to openly operate on Snapchat, making it easy for children to buy substances including cocaine, opioids and MDMA. The social media…
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FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children
August 10, 2025
Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined Tech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week. Law enforcement agencies,…
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How will Australia’s under-16s social media ban be enforced, and which platforms will be exempt?
July 31, 2025
No prescribed avenue for social media companies to check users’ ages, but options include facial estimation technology and matching photos with ID Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australians using a range of social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and X will need to have their age checked…
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As Australia’s teen social media ban looms, here’s how the platforms are lobbying for an exemption
July 30, 2025
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat are running ads and events saying their services are safe for children – with the possibility of a legal challenge Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government will imminently announce which social media platforms will be included in the under-16s ban. The social…
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Latest posts

Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’

Snapchat allows drug dealers to operate openly on platform, finds Danish study

FBI and NSPCC alarmed at ‘shocking’ rise in online sextortion of children

How will Australia’s under-16s social media ban be enforced, and which platforms will be exempt?

As Australia’s teen social media ban looms, here’s how the platforms are lobbying for an exemption