As students return to school, the Child Safety Organisation has called for families and schools to work together to strengthen six key pillars that support children’s safety and wellbeing throughout the 2026–2027 academic year: safe journeys between home and school; health readiness; responsible, family-supervised digital use; promoting respectful behaviour; open family dialogue; and sustained communication...Read More
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has rejected the Department of State Services’ move to suspend his cyberbullying trial until after the 2027 general elections. Sowore instead demanded that the DSS withdraw the charges against him, terminate the trial and publicly apologise for what he described as an unjust prosecution. Speaking...Read More
Abstract Cyberbullying on social networks has emerged as a pressing global issue, yet research in low-resource languages such as Bengali remains underdeveloped due to the scarcity of high-quality datasets, linguistic resources, and targeted methodologies. Many existing approaches overlook essential language-specific preprocessing, neglect the integration of advanced transformer-based models, and do not adequately address model validation,...Read More
Abstract Introduction: Cyberbullying among adolescents has become a global concern. While existing research confirms a positive association between violence exposure and cyberbullying, the underlying mechanisms, particularly within Chinese adolescent populations, remain poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the mediating role of moral disengagement in the relationship between violence exposure and cyberbullying among Chinese middle...Read More
Lead counsel to the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, Mr Olumide Fusika (SAN), has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to either withdraw the cyberbullying charge against his client or transfer the matter to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Fusika stated this during a press conference in Lagos...Read More
Lead counsel to the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, Mr Olumide Fusika (SAN), has urged the Department of State Services (DSS) to either withdraw the cyberbullying charge against his client or transfer the matter to the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Fusika stated this during a press conference in Lagos...Read More
Meta Platforms, the company who the massively popular Facebook and Instagram platforms, has agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims brought by nearly every state in the union regarding the dangerous, addictive nature of social media, particularly when it comes to teens. According to the lawsuit, the states accused Meta of deliberately...Read More
I’ve gotten requests for audio versions of my posts. Here’s a test version of today’s round-up. Let me know if you like it. Lots of monopoly-related news, including a revolt against Trump from cattle ranchers, new evidence of record corporate profits, and the Trump administration actuallying dinging private equity giant KKR. Before getting to that,...Read More
Published on 31/08/2026 – 16:41 GMT+2 On Monday, Estonia’s prime minister Kristen Michal tasked national experts with finding ways to reduce the negative impact of social media and gaming environments on youth’s mental health, as countries in Europe are stepping up social media control. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The advisory board of ten experts – ranging from...Read More
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