INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — Several new laws will take effect July 1 aimed at better protecting children in Indiana and improving transparency. WATCH FULL STORY BELOW House Enrolled Acts 1257 and 1036, as well as Senate Enrolled Act 171, are expected to have a major impact on the child welfare system. “Kinsleigh’s law”, or HEA 1036,...Read More
Logos of social media apps X (top left); Snapchat (top right); Facebook (bottom left); and TikTok (bottom right) (Photos from AP) MANILA, Philippines — Children aged 16 years and below should not have unsupervised access to social media, the Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) said on Saturday. It cited growing evidence that unregulated digital exposure poses...Read More
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. A major lawsuit has been filed against Snap Inc. that alleges Snapchat’s product design enabled a predator to groom and assault a minor. The case focuses on features such as disappearing messages, Quick Add,...Read More
The Australian government announced on Saturday (June 27) that it will double the maximum financial penalties for tech companies failing to enforce the social media ban for kids under 16, following a report which claimed that teenagers are easily bypassing the restrictions. Under the newly proposed changes, the maximum fine for a social media platform’s...Read More
That was how one local 14-year-old at the Archer Academy in East Finchley described social media to me. I’ve spent the past few months touring local secondary schools, listening to young people’s views about social media, and how we should control it. The facts are clear. Our children live in a digital world. Ninety-seven per...Read More
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on June 27, 2026 directs relevant agencies and local government units to strengthen safety measures in schools following a series of violent incidents involving minors in recent weeks. In his vlog, the President said it was ‘heartbreaking and horrifying’ that the youth could commit crimes due to underlying issues such as...Read More
Swift and effective government response: • If the government including the administration police and judiciary give quick response in delivering punishments to offenders, then people will become aware of the need to protect children from sexual abuse. These days, police take too long in investigation. Sometimes investigation could have been made on the spot ( as...Read More
Di Samuel McKeith SYDNEY, 27 giugno (Reuters) – Sabato l’Australia ha dichiarato che raddoppierà la sanzione massima che può imporre alle aziende tecnologiche ritenute inadempienti nel rispetto di un divieto pionieristico sui social media per i minori, poiché si moltiplicano le prove che il divieto ha avuto scarsi effetti sull’utilizzo da parte degli adolescenti. Il...Read More
Australia will strengthen its social media ban for young people as a priority amid concerns the powers behind the world-first laws are not strong enough. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the federal government is considering tougher measures to check the “power” of the “unaccountable” tech giants behind popular social media platforms. “There is more...Read More
Six months on from Australia’s under-16s social media ban taking effect, the early verdict from headlines and children themselves has been blunt: it isn’t working. A new study published today in the British Medical Journal appears to add even more weight to this judgement. Led by University of Newcastle public health researcher Courtney Barnes, the...Read More
