Following in Australia’s footsteps, policymakers around the world have been introducing their own age-based social media restrictions. Given the limitations of an outright ban, legislation should instead focus on making platforms safer by design, tackling both functionality and harmful content.
As the saga of banning TikTok in the US has drawn to an apparent close, we reflect on the economic and security-based interests at play. Given these layered motivations, we don’t expect similar divestments of the app are likely to emerge elsewhere in the same way vendor restrictions did in telecoms markets.
As more than 60 countries head to the polls, regulators and tech firms alike are concerned with the impact AI could have on the spread of disinformation. We consider the experience in elections so far and the policy response aimed at securing votes.
