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Reddit challenges Australia's law banning under-16s from social media

Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia's world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world's most popular social media platforms. California-based Reddit Inc's suit filed in the High Court follows a case filed last month by Sydney-based rights group Digital Freedom Project. Both suits claim the law is unconstitutional because it infringes on Australia's implied freedom of political communication. "We believe there are more effective ways for the Australian government to accomplish our shared goal of protecting youth, and the SMMA (Social Media Minimum Age) law carries some serious privacy and political expression issues for everyone on the internet," Reddit said in a statement. "While we agree with the importance of protecting people under 16, this law has the unfortunate effect of forcing intrusive and potentially insecure verification processes on adults as well as minors, isolating teens from the .

Australia expands under-16 social media ban to include Reddit: Key details

The government had earlier said Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube would fall under the law, noting that other unspecified platforms could also be covered

WhatsApp, Reddit hit by Australia's social media ban; check full list here

eSafety Commissioner has written to 16 firms, warning that the ban may apply to their services and encouraging them to use the 'self-assessment' tool

Reddit posts will not be archived on Wayback Machine: Here's what it means

Reddit is restricting the Wayback Machine to archiving only its homepage, blocking access to posts, comments, and profiles to prevent AI firms from scraping data

Reddit plans major AI push to rival Google in search engine market: Report

Reportedly, Reddit is focusing on search tools and AI features to turn the platform into a full search engine and reduce dependence on Google

Reddit update lets users share comments as posts, get insights: Details

Reddit is rolling out features to share comments as posts, track comment insights, and auto-save drafts-enhancing engagement and giving users more control and visibility

Reddit sues Anthropic for using user content to train AI without consent

Reddit alleges Anthropic scraped platform content to train Claude without permission, contrasting it with licensed deals with OpenAI and Google to safeguard user rights

Reddit sues Anthropic for allegedly 'scraping' user data to train Claude

Social media platform Reddit sued the artificial intelligence company Anthropic on Wednesday, alleging that it is illegally "scraping" the comments of Reddit users to train its chatbot Claude. Reddit claims that Anthropic has used automated bots to access Reddit's content despite being asked not to do so, and intentionally trained on the personal data of Reddit users without ever requesting their consent. Anthropic said in a statement that it disagreed with Reddit's claims "and will defend ourselves vigorously. Reddit filed the lawsuit Wednesday in California Superior Court in San Francisco, where both companies are based. AI companies should not be allowed to scrape information and content from people without clear limitations on how they can use that data, said Ben Lee, Reddit's chief legal officer, in a statement Wednesday. Reddit has previously entered licensing agreements with Google, OpenAI and other companies to enable them to train their AI systems on Reddit commentary. T

Reddit lets users selectively hide posts from their profiles: How it works

Reddit is rolling out new customisation tools, allowing users to manage post visibility, NSFW content, follower count and profile settings more granularly

Reddit adds AI-powered Hindi translation for posts and comments: Details

Redditors can utilise this feature by clicking on the translate icon on the top right corner of the Reddit app on iOS, Android, or desktop

Reddit expands AI-powered 'Answers' to India: What is it and how it works

Reddit Answers uses AI to collect information from the platform and presents it to the users with all relevant post attachments, comment links, and conversation threads

Reddit post sparks debate: Buy or rent amid Bengaluru's realty boom?

With rising prices and peer pressure, experts suggest focusing on financial readiness over FOMO

Now, Google Gemini creates answers on Reddit by scanning community posts

With the Google Gemini integration, Reddit will be able to generate more relevant and conversational responses by basing them on actual existing community posts

Man earning Rs 82,000 a month says it's not enough, sparks online debate

Reddit users are debating how much money is necessary to live comfortably in a small town after an Indian man posted that he needed a second job despite earning Rs 82,000

UK investigates TikTok, Reddit over children's personal data practices

Social media companies use complex algorithms to prioritise content and keep users engaged

Algo trading: Can Sebi's draft rules curb fraud, ensure level playing field

Algorithmic trading refers to investing through computer programmes which can trade faster and more efficiently than a human being with limited intervention, connecting with broker platforms

Reddit Answers: Know about AI-powered search that works across platform

Reddit Answers is capable of retrieving information not just from posts but also from comments and discussion threads across Reddit

Zepto's 2 am meetings? CEO mocks work-life balance amid Reddit claims

Zepto CEO Aadit Palicha mocks work-life balance amid viral Reddit claim of toxic culture, as he responds to backlash over 2 am meetings and long hours in the tech industry

Reddit's high-flying stock run faces AI-training data test in earnings

The stock is up 139 per cent since it began trading in March, the best performance among this year's IPOs to raise at least $310 million

Family offices in India rise from 45 to 300 in 6 yrs, handle $30 bn in AUM

Family offices in India manage an estimated $30 billion in assets under management (AUM), a small portion compared to the global AUM of family offices, which stands at around $6 trillion