Published on 13/07/2026 – 11:09 GMT+2•Updated 14:27 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for stronger protections for children online, saying the evidence presented by the Special Panel on Child Safety Online should help shape future European policy. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Von der Leyen said the evidence increasingly supported introducing a minimum age for...Read More
Today, the European Union’s (EU) Special Panel on Child Safety Online issued a report recommending that further action be taken to tackle the harmful design of social media platforms. Responding to the news, Lisa Dittmer, Researcher and Adviser on Children and Young People’s Digital Rights at Amnesty International said: The expert panel is right to emphasize the need for children to be able to participate in a safe online environment. Banning teenagers from accessing social media is not the answer. As Amnesty International has long argued, it is the responsibility of tech companies to overhaul the built-in addictive and manipulative designs of leading social media platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots...Read More
Social media safety becomes a European Commission priority following expert recommendations. The European Commission has received the report of its Special Panel on Child Safety Online, with President Ursula von der Leyen confirming that legislative proposals to strengthen children’s online protection will be presented after the summer. Von der Leyen described the report as an...Read More
Apple’s iOS 27 child safety overhaul: Explained For years, child safety advocates accused Apple of treating itself as a bystander in kids’ online lives. At June’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company spent roughly 10 minutes of its keynote proving otherwise, unveiling the most substantial rework of its parental controls in years. The timing wasn’t lost...Read More
MADERA, Calif. (FOX26) — A mother is issuing a stark warning to parents after her 16-year-old daughter was hospitalized with severe complications from the flu, exacerbated by vaping. Janica Mendenhall’s daughter, who initially showed flu-like symptoms in December, quickly worsened and is now on life support. “It’s so scary when you’re watching your baby not...Read More
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Researchers created child and adult test accounts to evaluate safety features on multiple social media sites.
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Big Tech under fire as Australia uncovers serious child safety failures: report Australia’s internet regulator reportedly announced today that Big Tech companies including Apple, Meta and Google have significant gaps in their efforts to tackle sexual abuse and the mounting cyber risk of sexual extortion. According to an eSafety transparency report, online platforms are failing...Read More
Europeans are overwhelmingly worried about the risks children face on social media. This is one of the highlight findings of a new EU survey about the EU’s challenges and priorities. The other main areas of concern included democratic resilience, defence and the energy transition. Within the context of child safety online, cyberbullying and harassment top the...Read More
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — Roblox launched new age-based parental safety tools on June 16, but attorneys representing families in lawsuits against the company and behavioral health experts say the changes do not go far enough. Platform background and legal pressure Roblox, which launched roughly two decades ago as a platform where children could build virtual...Read More
article FILE: Benadryl box (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Public health officials in Connecticut are sounding the alarm on the recent deaths of three children who overdosed on diphenhydramine, commonly sold as Benadryl. The state’s Office of the Child Advocate (OCA) couldn’t confirm whether the deaths were linked to a social media challenge that encourages...Read More
