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New parental controls on YouTube youth accounts to limit screen time

YouTube is introducing new parental controls on youth accounts that it says could limit how long kinds spend scrolling. Parents of kid and teen account users are now able to enact time restrictions that will limit how long their children...

CBS News

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Starlink and the fight for internet access in Iran

Iran’s internet is going dark. As protests grow, access is being cut off. Now people are turning to Starlink. But it’s expensive, illegal in Iran and therefore under attack. Here’s what you need to know!

DW News

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Euronews journalists' voices stolen in fake anti-Ukraine videos

A collection of doctored reports shared on a pro-Russian Telegram channel has edited the voices of genuine reporters to spread incriminating false information about Ukrainian refugees.

Euronews

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Musk says he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

Elon Musk said he was not aware of any "naked underage images" generated by xAI's Grok chatbot, as scrutiny of the AI tool intensifies worldwide.

Reuters

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Musk's Grok facing scrutiny over AI-generated sexual deepfake images

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is facing intense criticism, accused of allowing X users to generate sexually explicit images of real women and children. One of the alleged victims is Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk's children. S...

CBS News

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UK investigating Musk's X over Grok's AI-generated images

British regulators are investigating X for lewd AI images generated by Grok, the AI arm of Elon Musk's social platform. Michael Goodyear, an associate professor at New York Law School, joins CBS News with more.

CBS News

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Musk's Starlink helps Iranians skirt internet blackout, sources say

Some Iranians are still using Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service despite a nationwide communications blackout, three people inside the country said, the latest example of Starlink being used to counter internet shutdowns in ...

Reuters

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UK investigates Musk's X over Grok sexual deepfakes

Britain will bring into effect a law criminalizing the creation of non-consensual intimate images this week, technology minister Liz Kendall told parliament after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into Elon Musk's X.

Reuters

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Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images

Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's company xAI, amid concerns that it is being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.

France 24

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What is Starlink, the satellite service Iranians use to post?

Elon's Musk Starlink Satellite service is being used by Iran's protest movement to bypass the regime's internet ban. Although recent reports show that Iranian authorities have been able to block the service locally in some instances.

France 24

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How one football fan turned his passion into social media stardom

"CBS Saturday Morning" meets Robert Williams Jr., a war veteran and diehard Philadelphia Eagles fan who turned his love for music and the team into social media stardom.

CBS America

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EU Commission examining concerns over images generated by Grok

A spokesperson for the European Commission said it was “very seriously looking into” the creation of sexually explicit images of girls – including minors – by Grok, the AI model integrated into Elon Musk's X.

Euronews

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French authorities probe X chatbot Grok over AI-generated nude images

The controversial X chatbot Grok has come under renewed scrutiny over its use of generative AI to create images that digitally remove clothing from young women and girls, as well as some men.

France 24

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British chef criticises quality of Mexican traditional rolls

A British celebrity chef has sparked a storm on social media after he criticised Mexican bread rolls on a podcast.

Al Jazeera

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Grok AI tool says "lapses in safeguards" led to lewd images

Grok, the artificial intelligence tool created by Elon Musk, posted online about "lapses in safeguards" that led to the generation of lewd images involving children.

CBS News

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China's ‘micro dramas’: Demand growing for short-form smartphone content

Chinese filmmakers are reinventing TV shows for social media users.

Al Jazeera

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France proposes social media ban, following Australian model

For several years, the French government has explored ways to limit teenagers’ access to social media due to its harmful impact on mental health, and new guidance from the European Commission could now make it easier for France to pass l...

France 24

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How a dance in Tanzania became an act of high treason

A viral dance trend emerged during Tanzania's election unrest and internet blackout. Social media users across Africa took up the "Nywi Nywi challenge" to criticize the Tanzanian government for targeting one particular young woman and mo...

DW News

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How an AI-generated video caused Macron a major headache

The video rapidly racked up more than 12 million views after it was shared on Facebook.

Euronews

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TikTok nears deal to avoid ban in the U.S.

TikTok has signed a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a group of investors in America, a source familiar with the deal tells CBS News.

CBS News

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TikTok signs deal to allow app to continue operating in the U.S.

TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, signed binding agreements with American investors to allow the U.S. arm of the business to continue operating.

CBC News

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Oscars to stream on YouTube from 2029

From 2029, the Oscars will no longer air on US network television but will stream worldwide on YouTube, ending ABC’s decades-long broadcast. The Academy says the move reflects its global audience, as falling TV ratings and the rise of st...

France 24

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How parents can help teens develop healthy social media, phone habits

Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book "Love ...

CBS News

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YouTube snags the Oscars from Disney

The Academy Awards will air on YouTube starting in 2029, a massive shift from the historic broadcast television experience. Sam Adams, a writer for Slate Magazine, joins CBS News with more.

CBS News

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Fake video claiming ‘coup in France’ goes viral

Sometime in the second week of December, an improbable video began making the rounds on French-language social media. France, it claimed, was subject to a coup d’état, and President Emmanuel Macron had possibly been deposed. The AI-gener...

France 24

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UBC study finds mindfulness could reduce problematic smartphone use

A recent report says 95 percent of Canadian adults have a smartphone. That stat, coupled with the rise of social media and some people spending hours a day on their devices, has given way to problematic smartphone use.

CBC News

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Influencer marketing in fast-fashion come under European scrutiny

The European Consumer Organisation is raising the alarm about hidden advertising practices by influencers on social media for fast-fashion and unhealthy food.

Euronews

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TikTok's live shopping experience catches on in U.S.

Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner discuses why Instagram is launching a new TV app and why TikTok's e-commerce efforts in the U.S. have finally started to gain traction. The app is now letting creators host live shopping experiences on the platform.

Bloomberg

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Fact check: Is Sweden as unsafe as Trump says?

The U.S. president recently said that Sweden "has gone from being a country free of crime to a country that now has a lot of crime." The Cube took a look at its homicide statistics and compared them to those in other European countries a...

Euronews

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Videos of U.S. immigration arrests swamp social media

Videos of violent encounters with U.S. immigration officers regularly go viral and are seen by millions. What do they actually show? DW looked into three incidents to find out what happened after the videos went public.

DW News