Paris prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Australian-owned video platform Kick following the online death of Frenchman Raphael Graven who endured days of livestreamed abuse. They said they would examine whether Kick knowingly provided illegal services by broadcasting videos of deliberate attacks and whether Kick complied with European digital services regulations to report any risk of harm to life or personal safety. Story by Daniel Quinlan.
Trending
- AI video startup, Higgsfield, founded by ex-Snap exec, lands $1.3B valuation
- The US imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia’s H200 AI chips headed to China
- After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban
- Microsoft taps India’s Varaha for durable carbon removal offtake
- India’s Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can’t replace
- Mira Murati’s startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is losing two of its co-founders to OpenAI
- Elon Musk bows to pressure over Grok creating sexualised AI images
- The FTC’s data-sharing order against GM is finally settled
