Courtesy of Pexels It would seem that the target audience for the majority of social media apps is constantly getting younger. With this shift in online culture comes a great deal of new dangers for parents and teens alike. Having a new generation of children grow up strictly on the internet is going to have...Read More
Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Meta Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) has delayed the launch of its flagship generative AI model, internally known as “Avocado”, after tests showed it trailing rival offerings. At...Read More
By Maura and Art Keene A team of pediatricians from the Children’s Environmental Health Center at the Icahn School Of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York reports that while PFAS in synthetic turf is a known toxin and carcinogen, the toxic threat is especially dangerous for children and teens. Consequently, they recommend against...Read More
Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) lost approximately $130 billion in market capitalization on Thursday after back-to-back jury verdicts found the company legally responsible for harming young users — rulings that investors fear could expose the social media giant to hundreds of billions of dollars in future liability. Meta’s stock closed down nearly 8% Thursday, its steepest...Read More
Elisa M. Trucco, Florida International University and Julie Cristello, Florida International University Viral social media trends started innocently enough. In the early 2010s there was planking, the “Harlem Shake” dance and lip syncing to Carly Rae Jepsen’s summer anthem “Call Me Maybe.” Then came the ice bucket challenge, which raised an estimated US$115 million for...Read More
Overview Early childhood education and care (ECEC) staff in Australia must complete child safety training and child protection training. The free training assists staff to understand the child safety framework and requirements for keeping children safe. Both child safety training and child protection training are mandated for specific roles under the National Law and National...Read More
They’re known as the “Yahoo Boys” — a term emanating from the late 1990s and early 2000s when schemers in Nigeria would use Yahoo email to try and scam unsuspecting people out of their money via the internet. Those of a certain age will remember versions of the nonsense: A Nigerian prince needs help claiming a fortune...Read More
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced Thursday that his office has launched a civil investigation into Discord, a social media and gaming platform he said is increasingly used by child predators. Uthmeier made the announcement alongside Sarasota County Sheriff Kurt Hoffman at a news conference. He said the state has issued...Read More
The family of the Riverside teen girl who was tricked into a digital romance with a “catfishing” cop from Virginia want their devastating story to be a cautionary tale. “In this tragic moment of our family, our grief, we hope some good will come from this,” Michelle Blandin, the teen’s aunt, said this week. “Parents,...Read More
Uncertainty grows as the EU struggles to extend online child safety measures. The European Union has been unable to reach an agreement on extending temporary rules that allow online platforms to detect child sexual abuse material, leaving the current framework set to expire in April. Discussions between the European Parliament and the Council of the...Read More
