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BERLIN, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz backed growing calls in Germany for controls on access to social media platforms by children, saying he had become increasingly persuaded of the need for compulsory limits by evidence of the harm done by the deliberate spreading of fake news and other forms of online manipulation.
Gabon has suspended access to social media and digital platforms throughout the central African nation until further notice as critics accuse the country’s leader of crackdown on dissent.
Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz threw his weight behind proposals to introduce a social-media ban for children in Germany, risking tensions with the US ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump in two weeks.
A whopping 86% of Americans want Meta and Google held accountable for their role in a social media addiction crisis that has fueled anxiety, eating disorders and even suicide among kids, according to a survey obtained by The Post.
Lipscomb Ala. Mayor Robin Sims took to social media to accuse past and present city leaders of corruption and to offer his own admission of romantic impropriety.