Our thinly woven social fabric has been torn apart yet again. A murder has shaken our belief in the social system. It snatched much more than a life. It stole our comfort of trust in one another. Photos of the Pallabi rape-murder victim have been circulating for three days — photos stored in the parents’...Read More
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TikTok, YouTube trail rivals on child safety measures, UK regulator warns UK regulators are disappointed as major social media and tech outlets are not contributing towards necessary child safety measures. TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube have failed to set out meaningful steps to protect British children from harmful online content, media regulator Ofcom said on Thursday....Read More
An Australian federal court has upheld a financial penalty against X for failing to comply with the country’s child internet safety regulations, marking the end of a prolonged legal dispute between the platform and Australian authorities. The court ordered X to pay a fine of AU$650,000 (approximately US$465,000) after determining that the company failed to...Read More
Editor’s Note 1/8/26: Character AI and Google have agreed to settle several lawsuits with families who say their teens died by suicide or harmed themselves after interacting with the tech platform’s chatbots. In December, 60 Minutes reported on Character AI, speaking with parents who told us the Character AI bots their 13-year-old daughter interacted...Read More
The Tioga County Public Health Department has announced it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Floyd Hooker Foundation to support two important childhood injury‑prevention initiatives. The grants will fund the long‑standing Child Passenger Safety Program and the newly launched “Helmet First, Ride Second” Bicycle Helmet Program for children. Funding from the Floyd Hooker...Read More
An NDIS carer who tried to raise concerns with managers about staff “hitting” and “grooming” children has told an inquiry into Queensland’s “broken” child safety system that her complaints fell on deaf ears. The months-long inquiry into the $1 billion sector was led by Commissioner Paul Anastassiou KC and held its final hearing on Thursday....Read More
As a proud not-for-profit provider of outside school hours care (OSHC), the Y NSW has welcomed a key recommendation from a NSW Upper House Committee inquiry report on the Early Childhood Education and Care Sector, saying it reinforces the need to prioritise child safety in OSHC. The Inquiry’s report, released this week, made significant findings...Read More
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has been ordered to pay $750,000 after it admitted to failing to properly respond to questions about online child sexual exploitation and abuse material. The federal court sided with Australia’s eSafety regulator this week, ordering X to pay a $650,000 penalty, plus $100,000 in legal costs. The ruling marks...Read More
