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Greek online shopping platform Skroutz has obtained a temporary injunction in an Athens court against Meta Platforms over the misuse of its trademark and logo in bogus advertisements on its Facebook and Instagram sites.

Greek ministers discussed on Tuesday the government's national strategy to protect children from the dangers of unsupervised internet and digital addiction.

The Greek government is now moving towards prohibiting children under the age of 15 from accessing social media.

Thousands of users of Meta services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, are experiencing major disruptions worldwide.

Messaging apps have frozen, with pages either failing to load or users unable to post updates.

Specifically, more than 42,000 Instagram users report issues with viewing posts.

Türkiye's data protection authority has imposed a fine of 11.5 million Turkish Liras (nearly $330,000) on Instagram's parent company Meta, citing breaches of privacy stemming from accounts operated by minors on the social media platform.

Türkiye's Competition Board has terminated an investigation into Meta regarding data-sharing between Threads and Instagram.

The competition authority launched the probe in December last year.

In a milestone decision, Australia's Senate on Thursday passed laws to ban children and teenagers from using social media, in the first such decision by any government across the globe.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced today that he plans to ban access to social media for children under the age of 16, at a time of growing international criticism that internet giants are not adequately protecting their vulnerable users.

Seven families in France have taken the social media giant TikTok accusing the platform of exposing their teenage children to harmful content that resulted in two of them killing themselves, their lawyer announced today.

Nikolas Raptis shared a photo with his two-month-old daughter with his online followers on social media. The radio producer and comedian welcomed November with a snapshot posted on his personal Instagram account, showing him cradling his daughter.

Nikolas Raptis’ wife, Emmanuela, gave birth to their first child last September, and he shared photos from the maternity hospital.