Child protection advocates have questioned Gauteng MEC for Social Development Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko’s proposal to create a safe place for children in every ward, arguing that existing child protection services were already struggling and in need of urgent attention. Speaking a week ago, during the Children’s Walk held as part of Child Protection Month, Nkomo-Ralehoko called...Read More
Jade-Ruyu Yan is a UK Reporting Fellow at Tech Policy Press and openDemocracy. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivers opening remarks ahead of a meeting with senior figures from TikTok, X, Meta and other social media giants at 10 Downing Street, Westminster. Picture date: Thursday April 16, 2026. 84281335 (Press Association via AP Images) There...Read More
Canada is set to ban social media for children under 16, in a move similar to Australia’s historic law. Announced by the Canadian government on Wednesday, the proposed Safe Social Media Act (Bill C-34) aims to reduce online harms to children and hold social media and AI chatbot companies responsible for addressing such harms, citing...Read More
A rising number of court rulings reflect judicial willingness to hold technology companies accountable for choosing platform designs alleged to harm children. That shift reflects a broader reality: As technology shapes nearly every aspect of childhood, safety, privacy, and accountability are no longer discretionary ethical considerations—they are baseline legal obligations. Courts are applying classic product...Read More
Senator Maria Collett of Fort Washington announced today grant funding administered by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) to support mental health and safety programs at nonpublic schools. Grant awardees in greater Glenside include: The Academy of The New Church – Boys School – $74,671 The Academy of The New Church – Bryn Athyn Church School –...Read More
Updated June 27, 2018, 3:25 p.m. ET Not wanting to hammer all teens with harsh penalties when they are caught sending nude photographs, the Ohio House voted unanimously on Wednesday to support a lesser penalty for young first-time offenders. Judges say they have struggled to handle cases of teenagers involved in sexting, where they share...Read More
Traditional leaders, government officials and community representatives met to discuss challenges facing children in the Nhlazuka area of the Richmond Municipality, during a child protection dialogue held at Vumukwenza Traditional Court on Monday morning. Richmond Mayor Melikhaya Ngcongo said the municipality was particularly worried about the high rate of teenage pregnancies in some communities, especially...Read More
WINTER PARK, Fla. (CBS12) — Alan Chambers, the former president of an infamous Florida-based anti-LGBTQ conversion therapy organization, was arrested in an undercover child predator sting. Detectives said 54-year-old Chambers of Winter Park was taken into custody Tuesday following an undercover operation in which he allegedly communicated online with an undercover detective posing as a...Read More
The amended lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California’s Oakland Division, makes Bucks County the first District Attorney’s Office in the country to sue X Corp., according to the announcement. The suit also now targets Roblox Corporation, Discord Inc., and Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC. The county alleges these companies...Read More
The Big Tech’s Little Victims campaign is issuing a final warning to prime minister Keir Starmer ahead of his decision on a social media ban for under-16s, taking its message directly to Westminster with a mobile billboard outside parliament. New polling shows the public backs raising the age of social media access to 16 (70%)...Read More
