Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, March 30 renewed his push for the government to consider banning social media use for minors, following Indonesia’s implementation of a new government regulation prohibiting children younger than 16 from accessing digital platforms. Gatchalian, chairman of...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Meta and YouTube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being. The California jury 's decision Wednesday in a...
The Senate on Monday, March 9, approved on third and final reading Senate Bill 1654, which seeks to abolish the Optical Media Board (OMB). Senator Robinhood Padilla, who sponsored the bill, said the agency has outlived its relevance as disc-based piracy has largely disappeared with the shift from...
Limiting children 's use of social media is a good suggestion, but it needs to be studied considering the pros and cons it offers to society, Malacañang said. "Magandang suggestion po iyan pero kailangang aralin po (That is a good suggestion, but it still needs to be studied)," Palace Press...
Senator Robinhood Padilla on Wednesday, Feb. 11, called for a deeper review of the effects of excessive social media use on the youth. Speaking during a public hearing of the Senate Committee on Public Information and Mass Media, he warned that social media is depriving the youth of meaningful...
The Manila Bulletin officially marked its 126th anniversary on Monday, February 2, with a grand celebration at the Fiesta Pavilion of the Manila Hotel. The event brought together a distinguished assembly of the country’s leaders, including First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, Chief Justice Alexander...
MADRID (AP) — Spain plans to ban social media access for children under 16, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Tuesday, in a move designed to shield young people from the harms of online content. Sánchez chided the world 's biggest tech companies in a speech at a Dubai summit, saying they...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year. In a video released late Saturday by French...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16, officials said. “We stared down everybody who said it couldn’t be done,...
ABS-CBN Corp. signed a licensing agreement with billionaire Manuel Villar Jr.’s Advanced Media Broadcasting System Inc. to air the Kapamilya Channel on the ALLTV Network starting Jan. 2, 2026. The media company controlled by the Lopez family disclosed the deal to the Philippine Stock Exchange on...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities on Thursday demanded some of the world’s biggest social media platforms report how many accounts they have deactivated since a ban on accounts for children younger than 16 became law. Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads,...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Monday, Dec. 8, that it has launched a comprehensive investigation into the killing of a former journalist turned councilor in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur. Gerry Campos, a former radio broadcaster and municipal councilor in Marihatag town, was stabbed dead...
