Tiktok, Facebook and Co. - This Is How the Federal Council Wants to Regulate Big Tech

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The Federal Council wants to regulate communication platforms – but only the very large ones.

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A group of lawyers from Facebook, Google, TikTok and Snapchat this week asked a court in Los Angeles, United States, to dismiss a lawsuit that accused them of having generated “an unprecedented crisis of mental health” and an epidemic of anxiety, depression and addiction among adolescents. The plaintiffs correspond to a group of families of teenagers and young people who, they claim, suffered psychological damage resulting from the prolonged and…

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The Federal Council sends the draft law for the regulation of online platforms such as Google, Facebook and Tiktok into the consultation. The aim is to commit these platforms to greater fairness and transparency and to strengthen user rights. Critical voices, however, complain that the planned measures are not sufficient.

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Meta, TikTok and Snapchat agree to comply with the ban on social media in Australia, but doubt its effectiveness, platforms must block users under the age of 16 Meta, owner of Instagram, and other social media companies have recently declared that they will comply with the ban on users under the age of 16, adding that they will begin to deactivate accounts as soon as the law comes into force on 10 December. In Parliament, TikTok and Snapchat...

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After a long delay, the Swiss government is finally presenting a bill to regulate large platforms such as Instagram or X. Independent experts are critical. Media Minister Albert Rösti plans to gently regulate the large platforms that dominate our daily lives. Image: keystoneAfter a long delay, the Swiss government is finally presenting a bill to regulate large platforms such as Instagram or X. Independent experts are critical.

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In future, very large communication platforms such as Facebook, X, Tiktok and Google should have to offer users a procedure with which they can easily report certain, presumably illegal content.