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Japan's heavy reliance on X makes it particularly vulnerable to foreign and domestic disinformation, requiring stronger fact-checking and platform transparency to protect democratic resilience.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2026
How disinformation on X imperils Â鶹´«Ã½ democracy
Â鶹´«Ã½ writing system allows a user to convey a complex thought within a single 140-character post, making the platform far more expressive and functional in Japanese.
Attendees at a conference in Mumbai in September 2023. More than 30 U.S. states are suing Meta over allegations related to alleged harms to children and mental health.
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2026
Meta ordered to pay U.S. state $567 million over ¡®public nuisance¡¯ and child harm
Around three-quarters of the new $567 million fund is set to be used for mental health treatment, with the funds to be paid over five years.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he boards his plane at Melbourne Airport on July 10.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2026
India PM Modi turns to Instagram to woo voters after Gen Z protest
The pivot to youth-focused social media follows protests last month that led to the resignation of the education minister after tens of thousands ?took to the streets.
TikTok and other social media companies are facing more than 3,000 individual complaints alleging that their products are addictive and have harmed the mental health of children.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 4, 2026
TikTok finalizing trio of settlements over addiction claims
The cases are part of broad litigation against the world¡¯s largest social media companies, which includes individual plaintiffs, U.S. school districts and state attorneys general.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) supporters wave national flags a day after the resignation of India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Mumbai on Sunday, as protests over alleged NEET exam irregularities were called off.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 31, 2026
India¡¯s Instagram-loving ¡®Cockroaches¡¯ outwit Modi online
Indian authorities have struggled to keep pace with the protest movement, which flooded Instagram with posts and reels, coordinating demonstrations and spreading viral content.
Meta has deployed an "AI Info" label on its Instagram and Facebook platforms for posts using artificial intelligence technology, ahead of the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules entering into force.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 28, 2026
New EU rules set to aid transparency over artificial intelligence content
The goal is to ensure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake.
The United States¡¯ Take It Down Act criminalizes the publication of nonconsensual sexual content and forces social media and website operators to remove such posts.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 27, 2026
Instagram and Facebook ran AI ¡®nudify¡¯ ads from China, report says
Meta¡¯s rules prohibit sexually suggestive ads or those for apps that purport to strip the persons depicted.
A demonstrator holding a poster takes part in a protest rally in Kolkata on Friday, in solidarity with the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janta Party in New Delhi.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2026
India¡¯s Instagram Gen Z dents Modi¡¯s aura ahead of key state polls
The resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan hands a clear win to ?the Cockroach Janta Party.
Reika Kuroki and an advertising agency where she serves as president were charged with evading corporate and other taxes totaling ?157 million in the year through January 2021 and the two years through January 2024.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2026
Japanese social media influencer given suspended sentence over tax evasion
The Tokyo District Court also imposed a fine of ?40 million on an advertising agency for which influencer Reika Kuroki serves as president.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Friday
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2026
Meta used AI to target workers with medical conditions for layoffs, lawsuit claims
The lawsuit ?says that the company relied on factors such as productivity and AI token usage when it slashed thousands of jobs earlier this year.
Meta¡¯s largest data center outside the U.S., to be built in Sturgeon County, Alberta, will create 300 full-time jobs, the tech giant says.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 9, 2026
Meta to build first data center in Canada in expansion of global fleet
The Sturgeon County, Alberta-based data center will be Meta¡¯s largest outside the U.S.
The logo of social media company Meta. As the tech behemoth spends billions annually to build out its artificial intelligence capabilities, employees at Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are increasingly unhappy with their Mark Zuckerberg-led parent company.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 2, 2026
Fear and anger brew inside Meta amid AI frenzy
After weathering layoffs, some Meta employees were reassigned to an internal artificial intelligence training initiative that has drawn accusations of surveillance.
The rise of silver content creators is helping redefine what we associate with aging, and they are a potent spending force due to their substantial net worth.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2026
Your mum and dad are influencers now, too
As populations age and people delay retirement, these third-age influencers are restoring some relevance and legitimacy to age groups sidelined in many professions.
Mark Zuckerberg exits the Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 18.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 31, 2026
Meta¡¯s $280 billion tailspin sparks ¡®tobacco moment¡¯ questions
Wall Street is grappling with the possibility that social media companies could face a similar risk to the shrinking of the tobacco industry following stronger regulations.
Lori Schott is embraced by lawyer Laura Marquez-Garrett outside the court after the jury found Meta and Google liable in a key test case accusing Meta and Google's YouTube of harming children's mental health through addictive social media platforms, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 26, 2026
Meta and Google found liable in first social media addiction trial
The landmark decision could signal hefty risks for the companies as they fight thousands of similar claims.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at Meta Connect in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 25, 2026
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial for child exploitation
The state¡¯s attorney general had accused Meta of misleading users about the safety of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and of enabling child sexual exploitation.
Mexico's Secretary of Public Education Mario Delgado speaks during an interview in Mexico City on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 12, 2026
Mexico considering social media restriction for minors
Several nations are toughening up age restrictions on social media platforms as concerns grow over excessive screen time for children and their exposure to harmful content online.
The Los Angeles Superior Court building. A landmark trial being heard there over social media addiction is a critical test for thousands of similar cases, with potentially billions of dollars at stake, and it could ultimately force media companies to change how they interact with youths, one of their key audiences.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 10, 2026
Meta and Google pivot in addiction trial to accuser¡¯s history
Lawyers for Meta have indicated they plan to demonstrate that her psychological trauma came from turmoil in her family and school life rather than social media.
Supporters of plaintiff Kaley G.M. hold signs as they stand outside the courthouse on the day the plaintiff is to take the stand at a trial accusing Meta's Instagram and Alphabet's YouTube of harming children's mental health, in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 26, 2026
Social media addiction trial takes new turn with therapist¡¯s testimony
The case is part of a broader global backlash against social media companies over alleged harms to children and teens, though the tech firms deny the allegations.
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta¡¯s chief executive, arrives to testify in a tech addiction trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 19, 2026
Zuckerberg says ¡®difficult¡¯ to enforce Instagram age limits
The CEO of Meta Platforms was sharply questioned on the witness stand Wednesday about the company¡¯s efforts to attract and engage teenage users.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.

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