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A Brazil Supreme Court Justice reversed his suspension of the presidential campaign of candidate Renan Santos a day after he ordered it.

Brazil’s top election authority suspended outsider right-wing candidate Renan Santos’s campaign for allegedly using “unregistered” social media.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta agreed to pay roughly $18 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed children through addictive design.

The Interior Ministry of Morocco said on Sunday that the migrant invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta last week was caused by “misinformation” spread by human trafficking networks.

Armed narco-terrorist groups in Colombia are utilizing TikTok and other social media platforms to push recruitment videos targeting young children and teenagers, the Colombian newspaper El Colombiano reported on Monday.

Some of the X accounts pledging to oppose Vice President JD Vance and back Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the 2028 Republican primary appear to be run from outside the United States by people who are not American voters, according to a report published Friday.

French lawmakers on Tuesday adopted a bill banning children under 15 from using social media, making France the first country in the European Union to approve a blanket ban on the platforms as concerns grow worldwide over the harmful effects of digital content on kids.

India’s capital of New Delhi was plunged into chaos on Monday as a huge protest by the “Cockroach Party” of disaffected young people shut down city streets and triggered a massive police response.

Left-wing British politicians have already begun to seize upon the killing of Brexit hero Ann Widdecombe to push for more censorship on social media to combat “hate”, despite no public indication that the suspected killer was radicalised online.

A voluptuous Brazilian model and social media influencer has died after falling from the 27th floor of a Dubai skyscraper.

Chinese state media highlighted this week the rise of “children influencers” on regime-controlled social media, children producing short video content in which they appear to be subject to a variety of abusive actions such as force-feeding and fighting each other.

Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla threatened to file a legal action against French soccer superstar Kylian Mbappé on Tuesday night, accusing him of “gender violence” after the athlete described her on social media as a “despicable woman unworthy of her post.”

New York socialist congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier hyped up communism, Marxism, and Soviet figures in posts on her social media account, which have since been deleted.

Andy O’Brien, the communications director for the Maine AFL-CIO, a statewide federation of 160 local unions, posted on social media, suggesting Democrats who refuse to support Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner should face execution after a “revolution.”

Australia’s social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers’ scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading measures.

The British government is reportedly planning to pressure large social media companies to actively promote the BBC and other legacy media outlets, in a bid to confront “disinformation”.

A federal appeals court has ruled that Ohio can enforce legislation requiring children under 16 to obtain parental consent before using social media platforms, marking a significant development in state-level efforts to regulate minors’ online activity.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday became the first Arab nation to join the worldwide trend of banning social media for children. The UAE set a minimum age of 15, with mandatory age verification rules for providers.

Actor Jeremy Allen White has praised the United Kingdom implementing a ban on social media, including apps like TikTok and YouTube, for children under 16.

The British government has suggested it may ban VPN services as it seeks to enforce its upcoming social media ban for children under 16.

A study found that Reform UK boss Nigel Farage is the most popular British politician on TikTok, as younger users appear to be shifting away from establishment politicians.

Freedom campaigners have reacted with alarm after British Prime Minister Starmer announced social media and online gaming bans for children, warning that they would inevitably lead to invasive “papers please” internet restrictions for adults to implement.

German state media has accused Tesla trillionaire Elon Musk and anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson of calling for the “hunting” of migrants in the wake of an alleged asylum seeker beheading attempt in Belfast.

Outrage and disgust went viral this week as internet trolls posted doctored photos on social media of purported black protestors urinating on white murder victim Austin Metcalf’s grave.

Canada looks set to be the latest country to join the worldwide trend of banning social media for children under 16, with a bill headed to the House of Commons in the coming days.

China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced on Monday that the state-run China Central Television (CCTV) has overseen the deletion of some 8,000 AI-altered videos from online platforms.

Malaysia began enforcing its social media ban for children on Monday, requiring all social media platforms with 8 million or more users to implement age-verification systems that will prevent people under 16 from creating accounts.

A despairing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed during an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC that none of his predecessors had to ever put up with the same level of criticism he receives from social media users.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has signalled that Brussels may seek to introduce legislation for a blanket ban on social media access for teenagers throughout the entire bloc by the summer.

A young Australian entrepreneur who scored a fortune with a vegan start-up allegedly choked his girlfriend in a Manhattan hotel where he was holed up, presumably to avoid being served with a lawsuit.

The Turkish parliament on Wednesday passed the latest national ban on social media for children, joining a trend that began with Australia’s landmark ban in December 2025.

The influencer who drowned while competing in an Ironman competition in Texas last week battled the flu in the days leading up to the event and ignored those telling her not to compete.

An American internet troll known as Johnny Somali has been sentenced to six months in a South Korean labor prison after a series of offensive stunts that included dancing on a memorial statue honoring World War II sex slaves.

Snap, the company behind popular social media platform Snapchat, is eliminating roughly 1,000 positions, representing 16 percent of its workforce, as chief executive Evan Spiegel warns that the company is facing a “crucible moment” in its pursuit of lasting profitability.