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Australia enforces world-first ban on social media access for teens

Meanwhile chat app Discord Inc., which isn't subject to the ban, said Tuesday it is enhancing safety features for users in Australia

Denmark govt mulls ban on social media access for children under 15

Denmark's government on Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15. The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalisation, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents after a specific assessment the right to give consent to let their children access social media from age 13. Such a measure would be among the most sweeping steps yet by a European government to address concerns about the use of social media among teens and younger children. It would follow upon a move in December in Australia, where parliament enacted the world's first ban on social media for children setting the minimum age at 16. That made platforms including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram subject to fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars (USD33 million) for systemic failures to prevent children younger than 16 from holding accounts. As one of the first countries in the EU, Denmark is now taking a groundbreaking

UN mission urges Taliban to restore internet access across Afghanistan

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan urged the Taliban on Tuesday to restore internet and telecommunications access across the country, saying the blackout imposed by the government in Kabul has left the nation almost entirely cut off from the outside world. The outage, reported the previous day, was the first nationwide shutdown since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021 and was part of their professed crackdown on immorality. Earlier this month, several provinces lost their fibre-optic connections after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree banning the service to prevent immorality. The disruption threatened economic stability and deepened one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, said the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. It warned that the blackout is crippling banking and financial systems, isolating women and girls, limiting access to medical care and remittances, and disrupting aviation. The UN said such restrictions further undermine free

Sebi bars Seacoast Shipping and promoters from markets for five years

Sebi has restrained Seacoast Shipping Services and its promoters from the securities market for five years, besides ordering them to disgorge unlawful gains of nearly Rs 48 crore, for misrepresenting financial statements, fund diversion, and governance lapses. In a 187-page order passed on Wednesday, the regulator found that Seacoast Shipping Services Ltd (SSSL) misrepresented financial results during the FY21, FY22, FY23 and for the period April 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, were not genuine and misled the investors about its true financial health. "The financial statements of SSSL during the period were misrepresented/misstated, hence the allegation of publishing misrepresented financial statements is established against Noticee 1, 2 and 3 (SSSL, Manish Shah and Sameer Shah). "The allegation of fraudulently allotting 1.50 crore equity shares of SSSL to Manish Shah, and thereby, defrauding SSSL also stands established against Noticee Nos 1, 2 and 3," Sebi's whole-time member Kamle

Trump postpones TikTok ban for third time as deal with US firms stalls

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the US for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. It is the third time Trump has extended the deadline. The first one was through an executive order on Jan 20, his first day in office, after the platform went dark briefly when a national ban approved by Congress and upheld by the US Supreme Court took effect. The second was in April when White House officials believed they were nearing a deal to spin off TikTok into a new company with US ownership that fell apart after China backed out following Trump's tariff announcement. It is not clear how many times Trump can or will keep extending the ban as the government continues to try to negotiate a deal for TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance. While there is no clear legal basis for the extensions, so far there have been no legal challenges to fight .

NFRA imposes five-year ban, Rs 5 lakh penalty on auditor for lapses

The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on Friday slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh and a five-year ban on Rakesh Puri for alleged professional misconduct in connection with the audit of Sun and Shine Worldwide Ltd (SSWL) for the financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14. SSWL, now known as Johnson Pharmacare Ltd, is a BSE-listed company and was dealing in commodity futures trading during period of audit assessed by the regulator. In its order, NFRA levied a fine of Rs 5 lakh on the auditor Rakesh Puri, a partner of Y.D. & Company. Besides, Puri has been debarred for a period of five years from undertaking any audit in respect of financial statements or internal audit of the functions and activities of any company or body corporate during the ban period. The regulator received information from Sebi pertaining to overstatement in reporting of sales and purchase figures to the tune of Rs 1,417 crore in the financial statements of SSWL for 2012-13 and 2013-14. Accordingly, an ...

Centre blocks 14 apps in J-K used by terrorists to receive messages: Report

In official communications to higher-ups, the intelligence agencies informed that these apps are spreading terror propaganda in the Valley

Foreign-made guns continue to be registered in Punjab despite Centre's ban

In Punjab over 4 lakh weapons including, pistols, revolvers, and guns stand registered to date

Decoded: How VPN secures our virtual lives & why a ban is unlikely

Would banning VPN impact WFH? Yes, since it has enabled remote working for many sensitive industries

A one-way regime of restraint

In Chennai, the kiosks for issuing boarding passes were tucked discreetly away

Ban on import of milk items from China extended till June 2017

However, New Delhi does not import milk products from Beijing but has imposed the ban as a preventive measure