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Malaysia's social media account ban for under-16s kicks in on Jun 1, but questions remain
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Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16
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‘Pollute us and we’ll sue you’: The quest to give Europe’s lakes and forests legal rights
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Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?
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Man found with zip ties and duct tape charged with assaulting five women on UCLA campus in under an hour
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Americans lost nearly $900 million to AI-generated scams last year. It will likely only get worse
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