PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Malaysian mobile operator Tune Talk redefined the standard how child online safety is enforced. As governments work to regulate safety across multiple platforms and applications, Tune Talk is bringing enforcement to a single point, the network through the launch of Epik+ Family Safe, the world’s first family mobile...Read More
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. Observers said on Friday the government was responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube had failed since it came...Read More
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Malaysian mobile operator Tune Talk redefined the standard how child online safety is enforced. As governments work to regulate safety across multiple platforms and applications, Tune Talk is bringing enforcement to a single point, the network through the launch of Epik+ Family Safe, the world’s first family mobile...Read More
Touch some grass, as the kids might say. Or as the government put it when introducing its proposed ban on social media platforms from offering services to under-16s: “less time for scrolling and more time for play”. In spring next year, a long list of platforms (see box, below) will be closed to under-16s. Additional...Read More
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, June 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Malaysian mobile operator Tune Talk redefined the standard how child online safety is enforced. As governments work to regulate safety across multiple platforms and applications, Tune Talk is bringing enforcement to a single point, the network through the launch of Epik+ Family Safe, the world’s first family mobile...Read More
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, June 26 (Reuters) – Australia’s prime minister vowed on Friday to bullet-proof laws supporting a social media ban for under-16s as the government prepares legal action against platforms amid a steady stream of evidence that the ban has had little impact on teen use. The country’s groundbreaking six-month-old experiment is being...Read More
Photo courtesy: House of Representative A lawmaker is pushing for a congressional review of the implementation of school safety and student welfare measures following the recent shooting incident at a school in Tacloban City.
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Party-list Representative Brian Poe filed House Resolution No. 1147, calling for an assessment of existing laws, policies, and...Read More
A mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter with a passion for identifying possible child predators has been credited with exposing another suspect in South Florida. This time, Dustin Lampros, founder of 561 Predator Catchers, used a decoy posing online as a 13-year-old boy, according to a court report filed by Delray Beach Police. Lampros seeks to...Read More
Don’t look away. The conversation starts here. As part of Internet Safety Month, we are encouraging more people to engage in conversations about child safety in the digital age. Today’s kids are growing up in a world where socializing, learning, and exploring increasingly happen online. But as technology evolves, so do the risks kids face....Read More
Authorities arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a child in Poteet while he was livestreaming on TikTok after more than a year on the run. ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas — A man accused of sexually assaulting a child in Atascosa County was arrested after investigators tracked him down while he was livestreaming on TikTok, authorities...Read More
