HARRISBURG — Attorney General Dave Sunday announced charges against a Philadelphia man — a repeat offender — for possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, and for secretly filming a woman. Jason Sheasley, 40, was recently arraigned on nine felonies, and three misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy. His bail was set at $500,000....Read More
Greece has become the latest country to announce a social-media ban for teenagers, with restrictions on under 15s to begin next year. It comes after Australia became the first nation in the world to bar children under 16 from platforms, including Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram, last December. Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the ban...Read More
By Mutayoba Arbogast Ggaba preschool In East Africa, a well-known Swahili proverb warns: “Mwenzako akinyolewa, zako tia maji.” Literally translated as “When your neighbor is being shaved, wet your own hair,” it urges communities to learn from others’ misfortunes and act before tragedy strikes closer to home. The recent horrific incident in Uganda—where four young...Read More
12:00: Is suing social media about to become more common? 1:00: Taking charge of the energy future Social media giants Meta and YouTube were recently found liable for a young woman’s childhood addiction to their platforms. Jurors in the landmark case determined that the companies deliberately create addictive programs that harm kids. Is this a...Read More
Australia will introduce the world’s first outright ban on social media for under-16s on Wednesday. The move marks the first time a country has imposed a blanket age-based ban on social media platforms of this scale, raising questions over how it will work and whether it will protect young people. Recommended Stories list of 3...Read More
For more resources, visit the main Child Safety web page. As of January 1, 2021, the penalties for failing to stop for a school bus and passing a stopped school bus on the side where children enter and exit doubled. It is imperative that all motorists properly stop for school buses so all of Florida’s...Read More
The framework promotes collaboration between industry players What’s the story OpenAI has released a Child Safety Blueprint, a comprehensive strategy aimed at tackling the rising threat of AI-enabled child sexual exploitation. The move comes amid growing concerns over the potential misuse of generative AI tools in creating and distributing harmful content. The framework is designed...Read More
Big Tech may have reached “an inflection point,” said Dave Lee in Bloomberg. A Los Angeles jury last week ordered Meta and Google to pay a combined $6 million to a 20-year-old woman, known as Kaley G.M., who claimed their apps caused her depression, body shame, and trauma throughout her childhood. (ByteDance, which developed TikTok,...Read More
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR’s daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s Thursday — and the Red Sox are on their first winning streak of the season. (Yes, it’s two games, but it’s not nothing.) Let’s get to...Read More
Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Wednesday that access to social media would be banned for children under 15, effective from January 1, 2027. He declared the message through a video post on TikTok. “We have decided to go ahead with a difficult but necessary measure: ban access to social media for children...Read More
