Jakarta, IO – The Health Ministry (Kemenkes) has reaffirmed that the national immunization program will continue as scheduled under established protocols. The statement follows a causality investigation and review conducted on Aug 27 regarding a reported serious adverse event following immunization (AEFI) involving a three-month-old female infant in Kampar regency, Riau. The review classified the incident...Read More
As students have returned to classrooms this month, the Malverne Police Department is emphasizing its presence at schools throughout the village while continuing its year-round focus on school safety, emergency preparedness and community engagement. The village considers the safety of children a top priority and has worked with the Police Department to provide school security...Read More
Three school attacks recently occurred in Poland, resulting in injuries to multiple individuals. (Pic Credit: Reuters) A third attack at a Polish school in less than a week took place on Saturday, when a 21-year-old woman injured three people at an educational institution in Warsaw, police said.The woman allegedly used a “dangerous object” to attack...Read More
ndonesia has again urged Meta to comply with the country’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation, known as PP TUNAS, singling out its Threads platform for failing to report any action against underage users more than six months after the regulation took effect. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid...Read More
Florida’s Attorney General’s Office is asking a state court to impose new restrictions on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms for young users, arguing the company misrepresented the risks its products posed to children while designing features that encouraged prolonged use. The state filed a motion for temporary injunction Wednesday in Pasco County Circuit Court as...Read More
Like most French primaries on Wednesdays, Marcel Pagnol school, in the eastern suburbs of Lyon, was shut on 19 June 2024. But at 6.30pm that evening, two boys turned up late for school – by two years. Former pupils there, the 13-year-olds struggled to break through the crispy lattice of the front-door window with a garden fork...Read More
Concerns are growing about the risks children and teenagers face when using online platforms, which are highly addictive and designed to grab their attention for as long as possible. Protecting children online is a priority for the European Commission. This is why we have proposed a new KIDS Act to introduce a gradual uptake of...Read More
California will implement a new law in January that bans social media platforms from offering addictive features, such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and algorithm-driven “For You” feeds, to kids under the age of 16. Democratic Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, who wrote the law, and Republican Assemblyman Joe Patterson, who supported it, did a roundtable discussion on...Read More
Years after the risks of social media for kids first became apparent, U.S. states this summer reached an accord hailed as a turning point for child safety. Meanwhile, a new generation of children has begun engaging with an even more potent technology: artificial intelligence. While the efforts to make social media safer are still taking...Read More
SANDPOINT — Lake Pend Oreille School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Meyer shared several changes brought to the district Thursday, including an update on school safety measures, the Career & Technical Education Center, and Sandpoint Middle School renovations. The district’s strategic plan, which began in 2023 and will continue through 2028, is comprised of four priority...Read More
