France is working on a social media ban for under-15s, with the government aiming for restrictions to come into effect in September. Most people are leaning toward establishing 16 years of age as the threshold for having social media accounts. Italians were the most supportive of that threshold, with 64 percent of respondents approving it,...Read More

Gauteng MEC Lebogang Maile’s State of Education address reflects a department under pressure but attempting to demonstrate responsiveness. MEC Lebogang Maile’s State of Education briefing in Bryanston, Fourways, landed at a moment when Gauteng’s schooling system is under intense strain from rapid population growth, infrastructure decay and recurring safety incidents. Maile’s address signalled a department...Read More

After all the hours of interviews, I’m left thinking about the youth clubs I visited. Their number reduced considerably in the years leading up to the pandemic. In particular, the netball club and dance company sticks in my mind. These are “third spaces”, with real-life community and so much activity. In these clubs, the girls...Read More

The Molly Rose Foundation polled 1 050 Australian youngsters aged between 12 and 15, and found that most are still accessing social media platforms they shouldn’t be able to. The online safety advocacy group, based in the UK, found that 61 percent of Australian youngsters who had accounts on what are now restricted platforms, still...Read More

Students their their cell phones near Eastwood Academy in Houston. School districts across the country have joined a federal lawsuit against social media companies. Jon Shapley/Staff photographer San Antonio Independent School District has joined a national class-action lawsuit accusing social media companies of harming students through social media addiction. Students’ resulting psychological challenges force districts like...Read More

GEORGE TOWN, April 13 — Penang has banned the sale of toys that use medical devices such as syringes, including a product known as the “squeeze acne toy needle tube pinch music injection bubble”, due to safety risks to children. State Local Government and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman H’ng Mooi Lye said monitoring...Read More

Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › The arrests of illegal aliens convicted of violent crimes underscore the need for robust immigration enforcement to protect public safety.Hyattsville Today Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have arrested several illegal aliens convicted of serious crimes, including murder, child sex crimes, and sexual abuse. The arrests occurred...Read More

MADISON, Wis. — Changes to social media platforms are expected after a jury found YouTube and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, negligent for knowingly designing addictive products that harm the mental health of teens. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by a now 20-year-old woman and her mother. Meta and YouTube were ordered...Read More

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey put pen to paper on a new law that expands the state’s death penalty to include those that commit sex crimes against children. “For too long, the most vulnerable of our society have lacked the most stringent legal protection from child predators,” said Governor Ivey after signing...Read More

Social media usage among teens is more prevalent than ever before. In recent years, researchers have begun investigating how much social media affects teen weight concerns and body image issues. A new study from the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development and Stanford University uses an innovative method to track teen’s social...Read More