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As AI-generated videos continue flooding the internet, YouTube is making one major change: viewers will no longer need to dig through video descriptions to figure out whether something was made with AI. The platform has announced a major update to how AI-generated and AI-altered content is labelled, introducing more visible disclosures for viewers while also launching automatic detection systems to identify videos that creators fail to disclose properly.

Meta Newsroom has announced a new set of parental supervision features across Instagram and Facebook aimed at giving parents greater visibility into how teenagers interact with recommendation algorithms and online content. The update expands Meta’s existing family supervision tools as global scrutiny around teen social media safety, mental health, and algorithmic influence continues to intensify.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is intensifying efforts to promote the use of parental control tools as part of its broader Safe Internet Campaign, aimed at encouraging safer digital habits among Malaysian families. The initiative reflects growing concerns over children’s exposure to harmful online content, cyber threats, and excessive screen time as internet usage among younger users continues to rise nationwide.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been quite busy these past few months. Besides ramping up the social media ban for under-16s by June or July 2026, MCMC has been stepping up efforts to curb harmful online content, with new figures revealing a sharp volume of takedown requests submitted in just the first few months of the year.

Sick of seeing YouTube Shorts on YouTube? Well, good news: YouTube is rolling out a long-awaited feature that allows users to effectively disable Shorts, giving more control over how they consume content on the platform. The update introduces a new setting that can completely remove Shorts from the app experience, addressing a common complaint from users who find short-form videos distracting or time-consuming.

As we reported before, the Malaysian government has announced a stronger push to make the internet safer for users nationwide as online threats continue to grow. According to Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil, the focus for 2026 extends beyond improving connectivity and reducing costs to placing a stronger emphasis on protecting users from cybercrime and harmful content.

Today, Samsung has announced that it will soon unveil a new privacy feature developed over more than five years that aims to protect on-screen content from prying eyes in public settings. The company describes this latest addition as a layer of privacy that lets users shield sensitive moments when using their phones in crowded places, such as on public transport or in lines.

As AI-generated content becomes more capable of producing text, images, music, and voices that closely resemble real artists’ work. Hundreds of artists across film, music, writing, and visual arts have launched a coordinated campaign calling out what they describe as the unethical use of creative works in AI training.

As you should know by now, X and xAI's Grok got into a big controversy over the past few days. Investigations were launched a few days ago, and new research reveals that Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot generated an estimated 3 million sexually explicit images over 11 days, including around 23000 that appear to depict children, sparking global alarm over the misuse of generative AI technology.

With the recent Grok controversy going on, X and xAI recently announced a policy update to prevent Grok, their AI chatbot, from generating sexualized or explicit images of real people, including requests like placing individuals in bikinis or revealing clothing. The company stated that these restrictions would apply to all users, including those in jurisdictions where such content is prohibited.