Mehdi Arfaoui, Sociologist, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) & École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) Leanda Barrington-Leach, Executive Director, 5Rights Foundation Tobiáš Bruno Galia, President’s Youth Advisory Board, Czech Council of Children and Youth Urs Buscke, Senior Legal Officer, European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) Alex Cooney, CEO & Co-founder, CyberSafeKids María...Read More
Italy’s data protection authority has imposed a financial penalty on the company behind Character.AI after concluding that the chatbot platform failed to implement sufficient safeguards to prevent minors from accessing its services, marking another example of increasing European scrutiny of artificial intelligence companies. According to Reuters, Italy’s privacy regulator announced Thursday that it had fined Character...Read More
Regulations for AI child safety getty Child safety is becoming a key AI issue likely to force global rules, after U.N. Secretary General António Guterres used a Geneva governance meeting this week to call for an AI Child Safety Pledge. His message is that governments may argue for years over copyright, compute and competition, but...Read More
A Little Rock daycare owner charged with second-degree murder is out on bond after investigators said an infant was left in a hot car for several hours. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Update: The Office of Early Childhood has issued a letter ordering the suspension of Hope Academy’s license due to preliminary finidings related to the...Read More
A strong child safe culture begins before a new educator enters an early childhood education and care (ECEC) service, with recruitment, onboarding and induction playing a critical role in setting expectations and supporting safe practice from the first day of employment. The NSW Department of Education has highlighted the importance of embedding child safety into every...Read More
SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) – A Slidell man was arrested after investigators say he used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office announced. Joseph Impastato III, 32, was taken into custody after a national child safety organization flagged suspicious activity tied to his account on an AI platform. The...Read More
Child protection measures advance as the European Parliament preserves encrypted communications in the temporary exemption. The European Parliament has adopted amendments to a temporary exemption from the EU’s ePrivacy rules, seeking to preserve voluntary detection of child sexual abuse material while strengthening protections for end-to-end encrypted communications. MEPs voted to exclude communications protected by end-to-end...Read More
Why AI Regulation Matters for Children Initiative 25-0036A1 Child Safety Requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Products, Including Chatbots, posits an important ideal within child safety requirements regarding the use of AI among children under the age of 18. The ballot works to require providers of systems using or distributing AI to utilize technological advancements to...Read More
Thousands of coin batteries sold on Amazon are now under recall for violating federal regulations for child-resistant packaging. The roughly 67,000 units manufactured by the company Junpower were sold on Amazon between December 2023 and September 2024. If you have these batteries in your home, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said you should contact the...Read More
