A previously unpublished internal document reveals Facebook, now known as Meta, knew Instagram was pushing girls to dangerous content. In 2021, according to the document, an Instagram employee ran an internal investigation on eating disorders by opening a false account as a 13-year-old girl looking for diet tips. She was led to graphic content and...Read More
LONDON — European Union regulators are investigating Snapchat over concerns the platform isn’t doing enough to protect kids and exposing them to risks such as increased vulnerability to child predators or recruitment by criminals. The 27-nation EU’s executive Commission said Thursday it was opening a formal investigation into Snapchat under the bloc’s sweeping rule book...Read More
It’s almost impossible to make it through childhood and adolescence without making questionable — and often downright foolish — decisions. Pushing boundaries and taking risks is part of growing up. We do the best we can to insulate our kids from risk, but they’re always finding new and innovative ways to get hurt. Advertisement Cleveland...Read More
The Tory councillor added: “It is a major worry for me because children are going to be drawn to those rocky structures and will want to climb on them. “There have been several incidents over the years where children have got an arm or leg trapped and it has been really hard to free them....Read More
As states across the country vote to legalize cannabis for medical or recreational use (or both), some parents feel unsure what this might mean for their children. Many are asking: If cannabis is legal, does that send kids the message that it’s safe to use? If some people use it to try to relieve pain,...Read More
The suspension of a central Victorian educator under strengthened child safety laws marks a significant escalation in regulatory action across the early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector. Victoria’s early childhood regulator has, for the first time, exercised new powers to immediately suspend an educator following allegations of excessive force at an outside school...Read More
This March a bill was reintroduced in the US House and Senate that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work in certain mechanized operations in the logging industry under parental supervision. Timber industry groups have strongly backed the legislation. For Wendy Bostwick, the news was a nightmare. Bostwick’s son Cole, who had just turned 18,...Read More
The European Commission has launched an investigation to determine whether Snapchat exposed minors to grooming and criminal recruitment, potentially breaching EU digital safety laws. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Snapchat is a social media platform where users share photos and videos that typically disappear after being viewed. Approximately 94.5 million Europeans had a Snapchat account in 2025, according...Read More
Published August 31, 2023 EPPC By Clare Morell 1. Severity of the Problem We have a severe public health crisis on our hands: America’s children and teenagers are literally dying from social media. They are more depressed and anxious than ever before. New data from the CDC shows that nearly 3 in 5 teen girls felt...Read More
Lori Schott, center, is embraced as she holds up a photo of her daughter Annalee Schott, after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday in Los Angeles. William Liang/AP Photo The dual verdicts signal a changing tide of public...Read More
