WASHINGTON — Young Democratic and Republican state lawmakers from across the country found common ground Friday on the need to regulate artificial intelligence and kids’ online safety. Legislators at an annual conference hosted by Future Caucus, an organization that aims to strengthen bipartisan dialogue among Gen Z and millennial leaders, engaged in tech-related policy discussions...Read More

TIERED ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA Summing up the discussions at the forum, Mrs Teo said there was broad support for tiered access and stronger expectations that tech companies take responsibility for designing safer platforms.  She said safety should extend beyond moderating harmful content to features that shape user behaviour, such as recommendation algorithms, design elements...Read More

The U.K.’s online safety regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into TikTok to determine whether the platform has met its obligations under the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content. The watchdog’s probe will cover concerns raised in its two reports on children’s experiences online and age assurance that age inference models used by TikTok, which guess...Read More

Australia’s early childhood education and care (ECEC) sector will enter the next stage of national child safety reform when advanced child safety training will become available from July 2026, expanding on the mandatory foundation modules introduced earlier this year. The new training forms part of the nationally consistent child safety framework agreed by Education Ministers...Read More

94 Ofcom’s investigation will test whether age-inference systems are enough to protect children from harmful content under the UK’s Online Safety Act. UK regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into TikTok’s child-safety systems, examining whether the platform has failed to meet duties under the Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful content. The Ofcom...Read More

An investigation has been launched into whether TikTok is doing enough to keep children off its platform. The probe by media regulator Ofcom comes a month after the UK government announced that under-16’s would be banned entirely from a range of platforms. Ofcom will examine how the video-sharing app assesses if a user is a...Read More

Travellers use trains to reach a destination safely. However, a recent viral video has turned an ordinary rail trip into a nationwide conversation about parenting, child safety, hygiene, travelling and shared space. The now-viral clip, recorded by a fellow passenger inside a moving train, shows a woman lifting a young child toward an open window...Read More

Family Zone Explains Roblox Parental Controls Interactive tutorials cover tools available to adults with linked accounts. These include setting screen-time limits, choosing who their child can connect with, managing spending, and determining which games they can access. Completing tutorials can also unlock exclusive avatar items, alongside access to age-appropriate experiences. Future modules will address bullying,...Read More

Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether TikTok is failing to protect children from harmful content. The regulator will examine whether the video-sharing app is complying with elements of the Online Safety Act, which has been rolled out in stages since being passed into law in October 2023. It comes after an Ofcom review said...Read More

Britain’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has opened an investigation into TikTok’s UK operations to assess whether the platform has complied with its obligations to protect children from harmful online content under the country’s Online Safety Act. As per a report by Reuters, the regulator said the probe will examine whether TikTok has robust systems to identify...Read More