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Trust & Safety changelog
Stay on top of the latest changes affecting your Trust & Safety operations.
This changelog is crowdsourced, feel free to suggest missing items.
Adult contentChild SafetyExtremismHarassmentHateMisinformationPrivacySelf-HarmSubstancesViolence
May 2023 | ||
| The US are taking new steps to protect the privacy, safety and mental health of children online. Read more | US | RegulatoryChild SafetyPrivacy |
April 2023 | ||
| Texas is giving initial approval to a bill requiring platforms to protect minors from harmful content and give parents more control. Read more | US | RegulatoryChild SafetyPrivacy |
| Florida is advancing a bill requiring companies to be more transparent and to get permission to collect and sell personal data. Read more | US | RegulatoryPrivacy |
March 2023 | ||
| Italy is temporarily banning ChatGPT over privacy concerns and lack of age verification. Read more | Italy | RegulatoryChild SafetyPrivacy |
| The House of Representatives is passing a bill to protect online speech from federal officials. Read more | US | RegulatoryPrivacy |
| Meta is introducing a new way for users to authenticate their account with a missed call. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductPrivacy |
| Texas is proposing a bill requiring platforms to protect minors from harmful content and to get parental consent before data collection. Read more | US | RegulatoryChild SafetyPrivacy |
| Wisconsin is joining other states requesting court order for TikTok to comply with investigation into its communication practices. Read more | USTikTok | ProductChild SafetyPrivacy |
February 2023 | ||
| Signal is threatening to shut down in the UK if the Online Safety Bill forces the platform to violate users privacy. Read more | UKSignal | ProductPrivacy |
| TikTok is announcing the creation of new European data centers to stay in compliance with EU DSA rules. Read more | EUTikTok | ProductPrivacy |
| Meta is rolling out a new version of its ad-matching tool, providing more information about how users activities are feeding ML models. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductPrivacy |
December 2022 | ||
| Wikipedia Foundation executives are arguing that the UK's Online Safety Bill would require platforms to monitor all content, which is prohibited in the EU's DSA. Read more | UK | RegulatoryPrivacy |
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