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 Facebook owner Meta Platforms and social media company Snap have been given a Dec. 1 deadline by the EU to give more information on how they protect children from illegal and harmful content, the European Commission said on Friday. The request for information on the measures the companies have taken to improve the protection of minors comes a day after a similar message by the European Union to Alphabet's YouTube and TikTok. The Commission last month also sent companies including Meta, X and TikTok urgent orders to detail measures taken to counter the spread of content related to terrorism, violent content and hate speech on their platforms. The Commission can open investigations into the companies if it is not satisfied with their responses. Under new online content rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) that came into force recently, major online platforms are required to do more to take down illegal and harmful content or ...

Scammers are using sophisticated calls and texts to fleece Australians out of their hard-earned savings but one big bank is fighting back and getting good results. Scam reports from National Australia Bank customer s soared 38 per cent last year and “spoofing” cons were one of the two biggest issues. But since rolling out new defence measures in December, the bank has recorded a 50 per cent drop in spoofing scams and a subsequent 70 per cent reduction in customer losses . Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The lender now wants to join forces with government, industry and telcos in a united effort to fight back. Spoofing involves scammers obscuring phone numbers to masquerade as legitimate businesses and organisations on calls and through text messages, with the latter sometimes appearing in existing message threads. Bank customers have lost tens of thousands of dollars to the scams, with criminals prompting them to phone a number and then transfe...