Jim Gamble, who formally headed up the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, has been commissioned to lead an independent review for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) over Jeffrey Donaldson’s actions. It follows a crisis sparked after the former DUP leader’s conviction for child sex offences last month. Earlier this year, Gamble was appointed...Read More
The European Commission should impose a social media “start date” of age 13 for children, President Ursula von der Leyen says. Von der Leyen told the Financial Times on Monday that she is considering a “harmonised EU-wide delay to social media” for kids under age 13 who are not under the supervision of a caregiver....Read More
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s government said its new child online safety regulation is designed to help parents protect children in the digital world, not replace their role in supervising and guiding internet use. Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Government Regulation No. 17 of 2025 on Electronic System Operations for Child Protection, known...Read More
Over the past months, many countries have announced plans to restrict social media access for children and teens. Australia became the first to implement such measures at the end of last year, setting a precedent that other countries are now closely watching. The U.K. is the latest country to announce that it will impose a ban...Read More
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. In Raleigh, North Carolina, local officials are weighing an emergency youth curfew. In St. Augustine Beach, Florida, police say real-time social media monitoring helped them stop...Read More
How is India addressing the growing challenges posed by social media platforms and Big Tech? In this exclusive interview with NDTV, S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), discusses the government’s review of username policies, the accountability of digital platforms, and the urgent need to tackle Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) online....Read More
London — The United Kingdom is the latest country to announce plans to ban children under 16 from using social media apps. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that the U.K. would go even further than other nations, by also blocking children from accessing “harmful functions” such as livestreaming and the ability to communicate with strangers,...Read More
CR contacted the manufacturers to ask them to comment on our test results and find out how they tested their own towers before selling them. We heard back from only six of the 16 companies: Cosyland, Dadada, Guidecraft, Harppa, Lalo, and Simplay3. They all said they had tested their towers for safety in various ways...Read More
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has said that age-verification requirements harm privacy by requiring more collection of personal information from users of all ages. Banning social media also prevents kids from accessing useful content, the group said. “Beyond being spaces where people can share funny videos and engage with enjoyable content, social media enables young people...Read More
The U.K. plans to ban children from social media Getty Images The prime minister of the U.K. has announced a sweeping social media ban for under-16s, following a similar ban imposed by Australia last year. In the U.K., under-16s will be barred from using services including Facebook, X, TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram and YouTube. Leaked reports...Read More
