PHOENIX — Arizona Senator Ruben Gallego is preparing legislation that would require children and teens younger than 16 to obtain parental permission before creating accounts on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Gallego, a Democrat, emphasized in an exclusive interview with ABC15 that the proposal is not an outright ban on social...Read More
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. She hosts the Healthy Children podcast from the American Academy of Pediatrics. I just learned from a firefighter on Instagram that leaving my child’s bedroom door open at night makes it much more likely he would die...Read More
MUMBAI: TikTok’s latest challenge isn’t going viral, it’s heading straight into the regulator’s feed. The European Commission has issued fresh preliminary charges against the ByteDance-owned social media platform, alleging that it has failed to adequately protect children under the Digital Services Act (DSA), potentially exposing the company to fines of up to 6 per cent...Read More
Guidelines on Paper, Gaps in Practice Shivani Vaid Sharma vaidshiva@gmail.com Every year, schools affiliated with CBSE follow a long list of rules. Teachers must complete 50 hours of training on topics like gender sensitivity, stress management, moral education etc. Schools must have Complaints Committees, CCTV cameras, a helpline number on display and safety audit reports....Read More
Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
The European Commission has issued preliminary findings against TikTok over alleged failures to adequately protect underage users on its platform. The regulator stated that the ByteDance-owned social media platform’s account configurations for minors do not comply with mandatory safety standards under the Digital Services Act (DSA), exposing the company to potential fines of up to...Read More
After Australia became the first country in the world to ban under-16s from social media, several EU nations including Denmark and Greece demanded a similar move. The EU says all options are on the table, from a blanket ban on children from social media platforms to restrictions on certain services and features. It appears there...Read More
Summary: New research tracked a cohort of 1,066 individuals from age 12 onward through annual surveys from 2018 to 2025. The study addresses modern platforms like TikTok and highlights gender-specific vulnerabilities, showing that girls report higher daily usage and a more pronounced link between social media exposure and anxiety. The findings underscore dual mechanisms: social...Read More
France’s move to ban social media for children under 15 reflects a global shift. For India, the question is no longer about technology – it is about protecting childhood itself. The crucial point is no longer whether children should use technology; it is whether algorithms should shape young minds before children develop the judgment...Read More
A Tsinghua University report on global social media restrictions for minors argues that minors’ digital literacy may matter more than their presumed protection via outright bans. The report, published by Tsinghua University’s School of Journalism and Communication on June 29, examined current social media restrictions on minors worldwide. It then analyzed Australia — which last...Read More
