Saskatchewan residents are being asked to voice their opinion on limiting the use of social media for kids, more specifically banning children under the age of 16 from using different platforms available. The early-stage idea has already led to reaction from professionals including Val Caldwell, who is an online safety educator and public speaker that believes...Read More
Hundreds of UK teenagers will trial social media bans, digital curfews and time limits on apps under a government pilot, which will run alongside a consultation to decide whether the UK should ban access to social media for the under-16s. During the test, led by the UK government, a proportion of 300 teens across all...Read More
Home › Regional & State News › Buffalo CBP Seizes 350,000 Batteries Violating Child Safety Law Photo: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (@CBPBuffalo on X) U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Buffalo have seized a large shipment of hearing aid batteries that did not meet federal safety standards. Officials say nearly 350,000 batteries were...Read More
“Over time, international community concern is what will produce substantive, enduring change globally to the algorithms and a change to the design behaviours of big tech companies,” Angus Campbell, Canberra’s envoy to the EU, told POLITICO. “If it was just Australia, tech companies could work with the carrots [positive enforcement mechanisms] and absorb the penalties, to some...Read More
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Three Horizon Christian Academy students were killed Monday in a fiery crash in Florida, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An 18-year-old man from Alpharetta, a 17-year-old girl from Cumming and a 16-year-old girl from Cumming were killed in the crash. A 17-year-old girl from Alpharetta was seriously injured...Read More
Tasmania’s child safety regulator has addressed an “untenable situation” where police officers may have been exempt from a key measure to safeguard children from abuse. The Office of the Independent Regulator (OIR) oversees organisations’ compliance with mandatory reporting for suspected or confirmed child abuse involving staff. In Tasmania, organisation heads are required to report to...Read More
Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for stronger federal action to protect children from addictive practices by social media companies to keep kids online. The Democratic governor took part in a summit Tuesday of groups seeking to hold internet companies accountable for what they describe as harms caused by businesses that put their interests ahead of protecting...Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – Cyberbullying continues to rise among young Americans through social media, texting, video games, and more. As part of our WCTV Grow Up Safe summer series, we’re having a roundtable discussion with members of Amrak, a Florida anti-bullying organization. Founder of Amrak Sean Roberts and anti-bullying advocate Shane Campfield sat down with...Read More
Children play online games on smartphones and tablets along an alley in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 26. YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP Kalam, an 11-year-old from Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, usually spends one to two hours on weekends playing with his friends on Roblox, a popular sandbox platform for all ages, where he enjoys adventure and car racing...Read More
The new school year is beginning for many across the globe and, although COVID-19 continues to necessitate at least some distance-learning, the realities of bullying – both online and off – remain. A new Microsoft study shows 4 in 10 teens in 32 countries report being “involved” in a bullying incident and, perhaps surprisingly, nearly...Read More
