UK to ban social media access for children under 16
2026-06-16T14:51:59Z•992506df8edaba79e449597933e668df7447755768727eb634114c4016f72bcf
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What happened
A batch of security and policy developments: the UK plans to ban access to user-to-user social platforms (including algorithm-driven services) for under-16s; Estonia will subject emails from the .ru top-level domain to extra screening/quarantine before delivery to government officials; Maine temporarily closed its public data-breach portal after a wave of fake reports; a cyberattack on Russian tech firm Astral caused widespread business and government service disruptions for about a week; and Finland charged cargo-ship officers over deliberate damage to subsea telecommunications cables. These
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