Countries that have banned or are moving to ban social media for children 1. UAE The UAE Cabinet has banned children under 15 from creating or using social media accounts. Those aged 15–16 will have restricted access, with safeguards including age-appropriate content filters, disabled stranger interactions, screen time limits, and parental controls. Platforms have up...Read More
As governments across the world move to restrict young people’s access to social media platforms, gaming giant Roblox has unveiled a major overhaul of its child safety framework, rolling out new age-based account experiences and stricter parental controls for users under 16 globally. The announcement comes amid growing international concern about children’s online safety. The...Read More
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday praised a state bill passed this month that will force social media companies to verify users’ ages to deter predators seeking to take advantage of kids. The Democrat has said he will sign the bill, known as the Children’s Online Social Media Safety Act, into law. He said it’s...Read More
Roblox Parental Controls Expansion, Communication Rules, and India Rollout Roblox Corporation is also expanding parental controls for linked accounts, giving parents visibility into gameplay activity, friend lists, screen time, content ratings, and spending limits. A new approval feature allows parents to grant access to specific games outside default restrictions, with extended oversight tools available until...Read More
The social media ban is a last-gasp legacy policy for a doomed Prime Minister – Source: Wikimedia Commons UK social media ban says that it’s the children who are wrong, not the digital world they’re living in European Commission deals blow to Stop Killing Games EA’s UFC game lands just after idiocy in the White...Read More
He said social media platforms like YouTube and Instagram had been crucial to him setting up Wasted, his own club nights business. “It’s a tool for mass reach and it give you this incredible ability to amplify your message. “As much as there is lots of harm of social media, there are so many ways...Read More
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by Abbey Clements, CT Mirror June 18, 2026 The end of the school year is always a time of reflection. Teachers and students look back at what they learned and memories with friends made along the way. Just below the surface there’s another realization: relief that gun violence didn’t reach the halls of their schools...Read More
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – A health advisory warns parents to keep over-the-counter allergy and sleep medications out of reach of children and teenagers. America’s Poison Centers says calls to poison centers involving diphenhydramine — the active ingredient in Benadryl and some over-the-counter sleep aids — have more than doubled so far this year. Those...Read More
This Pride Month, I’ve been thinking a lot about young LGBTQ people’s right to be online. As a teenager, social media played a huge role in my self-discovery. I watched the first generation of YouTube coming out videos. I was on Tumblr, where I learned about all the letters and the flags and also about...Read More
