Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. The Tate brothers have honed their brand promoting misogyny. The porn empire founders are now fighting extradition from the U.S. to the U.K., where dozens of charges of sexual violence, including rape, await them. We look at how the current political environment has fueled their notoriety. Let’s get...Read More
The Ohio Hi-Point Joint Vocational School District Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday evening, approving several items focused on campus growth, student opportunities, and school safety as the district continues to expand to meet increasing enrollment. Construction continues on the district’s new Public Safety Academy building, with the project expected to be completed...Read More
By Staff Reporter | A teachers’ union-backed initiative to end Arizona’s universal school choice program relied on a variety of violent felons to collect signatures in violation of state law. In what some critics have called a twist of irony, the initiative allegedly failed to conduct background checks on those gathering signatures for a reform...Read More
French lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban social media for children under the age of 15 in an effort to safeguard youth mental health, eradicate cyberbullying, and prevent extreme screen addiction. Backed by overwhelming support, the bill will also prevent kids from accessing and possessing cell phones in school. For a bill...Read More
A day after Snap tentatively settled with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case has been dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff chose to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment. TikTok and Google’s YouTube had previously reached settlement agreements with...Read More
France passes law banning some social media apps for kids under 15 – CBS News Watch CBS News France has become the latest country to crack down on social media usage for children, passing a new law to ban some apps for kids under 15 years old. Jo Ling Kent reports. Source link ——————————————————– Click...Read More
A child using smart phone lying in bed late at night getty Child safety online is a material investment risk in most portfolios. It isn’t just a social issue anymore. It has evolved into a governance, litigation, and reputational issue as regulators increase scrutiny, AI reduces the cost of generating harmful content, and plaintiffs develop...Read More
(Photo credit: Adobe Stock/Dina Photo Stories) Congress has spent years investigating the harmful effects of social media and artificial intelligence on children. It has held hearings, questioned technology executives and issued reports documenting rising rates of cyberbullying, exploitation, addiction, mental health challenges and online radicalization. Yet meaningful action has remained elusive. The U.S. House of...Read More
July 16 (Reuters) – Britain’s media regulator launched an investigation into TikTok on Thursday to understand whether its UK unit failed or is failing to protect children from harmful content. A month ago, the government imposed a blanket ban on social media for users under the age of 16 and placed restrictions on gaming and...Read More
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Australia was the first country to implement a ban, though France is the first country in the EU to enact one.
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