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KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Reuters) - Malaysia will introduce new measures from June 1 to protect children and reduce their exposure to harmful content on online platforms, its communications regulator said on Friday. The new rules will require online service providers to include safeguards that limit account registration and ownership by users under the age of 16, as well as implement stronger content governance on their platforms, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement. • The measures are aimed at providing age-appropriate protections and restrictions for high-risk features on online platforms, the commission said. • Online platform providers will be required to have “effective reporting and response mechanisms, advertiser verification measures and the labelling of manipulated content where appropriate,” the commission added. • A grace period will be provided for online platforms to implement the measures, the commission said, without specifying the duration. • Malaysia has in recent years stepped up scrutiny of social media companies after finding a sharp rise in harmful online content. Malaysian authorities consider online gambling, scams, child pornography and grooming, cyberbullying and content related to race, religion and royalty as harmful. • The government plans age verification for users this year, following similar

KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 (Reuters) - Malaysia will introduce new measures from June 1 to protect children and reduce their exposure to harmful content on online platforms, its communications regulator said on Friday. The new rules will require online service providers to include safeguards that limit account registration and ownership by users under the age of 16, as well as implement stronger content governance on their platforms, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement. • The measures are aimed at providing age-appropriate protections and restrictions for high-risk features on online platforms, the commission said. • Online platform providers will be required to have “effective reporting and response mechanisms, advertiser verification measures and the labelling of manipulated content where appropriate,” the commission added. • A grace period will be provided for online platforms to implement the measures, the commission said, without specifying the duration. • Malaysia has in recent years stepped up scrutiny of social media companies after finding a sharp rise in harmful online content. Malaysian authorities consider online gambling, scams, child pornography and grooming, cyberbullying and content related to race, religion and royalty as harmful. • The government plans age verification for users this year, following similar

A man who raped a 14-year-old girl after locking her in his Glasgow flat has been jailed for 10 years. Scott Ijomanta carried out the attack in Maryhill in August 2024 while on bail for trying to lure two other youngsters he had groomed online to his home. The 38-year-old - who pretended to be a 12-year-old on social media while looking for victims - gave the teenager his address and offered to pay for her taxi. But once she was inside the property he kept the key on him. Ijomanta was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of abduction, assault and rape as well as sending sexual communications to a child. Judge Tom Hughes said his crimes were "totally and utterly unacceptable" and "could never be tolerated". Hughes told the court that Ijomanta, who refused to stand up in the dock while being sentenced, put the children in a "very difficult situation". He added: "I can only hope, in due course, that they will be able to move on with their lives and put all this behind them." Cancer lie The court heard how the 14-year-old had agreed to meet after she had been in contact with Ijomanta

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A new report reveals that Snap’s long-in-development AR glasses, “Spectacles,” are finally set to launch later this year, but for a steep price tag. Sources, a newsletter from reporter Alex Heath, reported in April that Snap (the parent company of Snapchat) would be previewing an updated pair of its Spectacles AR glasses soon, with a consumer launch “in the fall.” The report was highlighted by UploadVR this week, which also highlighted another prior report that the price target for these glasses is an eye-watering $2,500. Oof. Snap has confirmed a keynote address at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) event in June which, based on Heath’s reporting, would be an ideal time to talk about updated hardware. Should the Fall 2026 launch timeline pan out, it would see Spectacles beating the first Android XR glasses to market. At I/O, Google previewed the first audio glasses using the platform, with confirmation that a display-equipped model is planned for 2027. XREAL’s Android XR glasses are also due out before the end of 2026, but they’re a bit closer to a traditional VR headset than smart glasses. Meta’s display-equipped Ray-Ban Display glasses are already out on the market for $800. Where Snap’s glasses would

Police Scotland Scott Ijomanta carried out the attack in Maryhill, Glasgow, while on bail for grooming two other youngsters online. A man who raped a 14-year-old girl after locking her in his Glasgow flat has been jailed for 10 years. Scott Ijomanta carried out the attack in Maryhill in August 2024 while on bail for trying to lure two other youngsters he had groomed online to his home. The 38-year-old - who pretended to be a 12-year-old on social media while looking for victims - gave the teenager his address and offered to pay for her taxi. But once she was inside the property he kept the key on him. Ijomanta was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of abduction, assault and rape as well as sending sexual communications to a child. Judge Tom Hughes said his crimes were "totally and utterly unacceptable" and "could never be tolerated". Hughes told the court that Ijomanta, who refused to stand up in the dock while being sentenced, put the children in a "very difficult situation". He added: "I can only hope, in due course, that they will be able to move on with their lives and put all this behind them."

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It's a new dedicated app for Facebook Groups. Meta Meta has launched a new app called Forum without fanfare or even an official announcement. Geekout Newsletter's Matt Navarra has spotted Forum in the App Store, where it is described as "a dedicated space for the conversations that matter most to you," created specifically for Facebook Groups. As Navarra notes, Meta seems to be pushing the idea that the app can help users get "real answers" from "real people," making it sound like it could serve a purpose similar to Reddit's.  Users will need to have a Facebook account to be able to use Forum, and their profile and activity will carry over after they log in with their credentials. So it's not really a website for anonymous conversations like Reddit, but users will be able to use anonymized usernames like they already can on the main Facebook app. It's just that administrators will be able to see their real identities. Unlike the Facebook feed that shows a collection of posts from a user's friends,  » Read More

BOSTON - MAY 26: Boston Celtics players Dennis Johnson and Larry Bird raise their hands in victory after Bird stole the ball, passing to Johnson, who scored the winning basket against the Detroit Pistons at Boston Garden on May 26, 1987. (Photo by Joanne Rathe/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | Boston Globe via Getty Images In 1987, Detroit was building what would soon become a championship team. With a backcourt of Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars, Rick Mahorn, second-year player Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, Vinnie Johnson, and John Salley, the core was set. And they had Boston in a nice spot in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals. Advertisement The Pistons had crushed the Celtics in Game 4, 145-119, and were poised to win in Boston in Game 5. Even better for them, Robert Parish had injured his ankle and Kevin McHale was having a subpar game and was in foul trouble to boot. So when Larry Bird’s drive was blocked with time running out and Detroit ahead 107-106 with mere seconds left on the clock, it looked like it was over for the Celtics. Well, not quite. As it turned out, Bird stole the inbounds from Thomas to Laimbeer

A small wave of users has recently expressed frustration with a YouTube TV bug that shows broken playback while browsing the Live Guide. The bug appears to have triggered out of nowhere for a handful of users on both Roku streaming hardware and smart TVs. A thread on Reddit carries several comments corroborating the issue. So far, the issue seems to be targeting Roku devices, agnostic of whether that takes the form of plug-and-play hardware or built-in software. YouTube TV’s latest gremlin reportedly breaks the Live Guide. In normal use, any streamed content continues playing while the Live Guide menu is open and overlaid. That design choice simply allows for seamless channel surfing, similar to the good ole’ days of cable – something I never thought I’d write. With this new bug, the stream breaks, and a gray screen sits underneath the Live Guide while it’s open. Choosing a channel also appears to require an additional second or two to load fresh content, rather than switching from one stream to another. One commenter notes they’ve been experiencing this on their Roku TV hardware for “around a year.” It’s possible it could be a case of outdated software or lacking support