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In an attempt to prevent suicide and self-harm content from spreading online, the nonprofit Mental Health Coalition (MHC) today announced a new program, Thrive, aimed at encouraging online platforms to share “signals” of potentially harmful material. Thrive, which counts Meta, … Continue reading →

The U.K. government has introduced a new bill to Parliament which proposes new legal protections for digital assets such as Bitcoin. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Ireland’s media regulator said it is reviewing how major platforms let users report illegal content, following a high number of complaints.  © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Novatus helps financial companies manage their data for risk and compliance data, and it has now raised $40M to expand into new markets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google’s lead privacy regulator in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether or not it has complied with the bloc’s data protection laws in relation to use of people’s information for training generative AI. Specifically it’s looking into … Continue reading →

Video games are some of most lucrative apps in the world, thanks in part because of how they lure people into spending money on credits to play games and buy digital goods, to the tune of more than $50 billion … Continue reading →

WhatsApp is now letting small businesses in India sign up for a Meta Verified badge and giving them the ability to send customized messages to customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

OpenWeb, a New York startup whose tools help publishers engage users, has a unique problem. Its co-founding CEO reportedly won’t leave, even though it announced a new CEO. According to CTech, on Tuesday, OpenWeb’s chairman, Tim Harvey, sent an email … Continue reading →

In a development that will surprise few, former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s climate/crypto/carbon-credit startup Flowcarbon appears to be in the process of curling up to die, Forbes reported today. Buyers of its “Goddess Nature Token,” pitched as the first step … Continue reading →

Rufus, Amazon’s recently launched, shopping-focused chatbot, is getting ads soon. That’s according to a changelog published by Amazon this week (first spotted by AdWeek), which states that sponsored ads could soon start appearing in placements for Rufus users in the … Continue reading →