Source: Envato BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WNKY) — Bowling Green-Warren County Community Education is receiving statewide recognition for its “Safe Seats Safe Kids” program, according to a news release from the organization. The program has been named the 2026 Governor’s Occupant Protection Enforcement Awards Team of the Year by the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety. The...Read More

TikTok has been hit with fresh preliminary charges by the European Commission over alleged failures to adequately protect children on its platform, exposing the ByteDance-owned social media company to a possible penalty of up to 6% of its global annual turnover if the findings are upheld, Reuters reported. The Commission said its preliminary assessment found...Read More

The Commission’s preliminary DSA finding turns minors’ account settings into a wider fight over platform responsibility The European Commission has prelimi… The Commission’s preliminary DSA finding turns minors’ account settings into a wider fight over platform responsibility The European Commission has preliminarily found that TikTok’s account settings for minors fall short of the Digital Services...Read More

Online services can continue voluntary efforts to detect and report child sexual abuse material under a temporary legal framework. The European Council has approved the reinstatement of a temporary regulation allowing online service providers to continue voluntarily detecting, reporting and removing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) while negotiations on a permanent EU framework remain ongoing....Read More

Operating procedure of “Ai Ansim Talk,” the 24-hour pediatric consultation center run by the National Emergency Medical Center of the National Medical Center. Photo courtesy of the National Medical Center The National Emergency Medical Center at the National Medical Center announced that it will improve and operate the counseling procedures of its pediatric specialized counseling...Read More

TikTok charged by EU over alleged violations of child online safety rules The European Commission has issued preliminary findings charging TikTok with breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act regarding child safety. Regulators warned that certain account features could expose children to predators or cyberbullying, ultimately leaving the company vulnerable to substantial financial penalties. The charges,...Read More

Mozilla is urging lawmakers to focus on safer platform design rather than relying mainly on age verification. Mozilla has urged policymakers to prioritise online child safety while warning that stricter age verification requirements alone are unlikely to address online harms and could create new risks for privacy, security and encryption. The organisation argues that governments...Read More

TikTok might have failed to meet EU standards for child safety online. Allowing content posted by minors to be pushed on TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed could be a violation of the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission has said. On TikTok, minors can choose to have a public-facing profile. According to EU preliminary findings,...Read More

There is growing concern over the misuse of AI to create and circulate Child Sexual Abuse Material (IANS) New Delhi: The Centre has strengthened India’s online child safety framework by tightening intermediary obligations under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, amid growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence...Read More

BRUSSELS, July 24 — The European Union on Friday accused TikTok of failing to protect children since their account settings expose them to risks like cyberbullying and predatory behaviour — putting the company at risk of a large fine. The EU said minors’ accounts should only be visible to those they have given permission. Children aged...Read More