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Digital life
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Parents told to lead by example and turn off phones this Christmas

Parents should model phone-free behavior during Christmas to boost children's engagement and establish clear, shared screen-time boundaries.
Digital life
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Catherine Prasifka: Why are there no safe areas for children to socialise online?

The internet cannot be made fully safe for children, and tech companies lack financial incentives to create protected child-only online spaces.
#social-media-regulation
fromAol
4 weeks ago
US politics

Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech's Power and Profit

fromAol
4 weeks ago
US politics

Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech's Power and Profit

more#social-media-regulation
fromwww.bloomberg.com
3 weeks ago

Social Media Ban: Everything to Know Before Deactivation Day

On this week's podcast: How Australia will ban under-16s from social media Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg Never miss an episode. Follow The Bloomberg Australia Podcast today. From next week, Australia's under-16s will be prevented from accessing platforms including TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook, as the Labor government pushes to curb harms caused by social media. In our latest podcast, Rebecca Jones asks Bloomberg's Angus Whitley
World news
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

No plans' to ban VPNs but nothing off the table' to bolster online safety

No current plans to ban VPNs, but minister says nothing is off the table for protecting children online under the Online Safety Act.
#age-verification
fromThe Verge
2 months ago
California

California enacts its own internet age-gating law

California's AB 1043 requires device operating systems and app stores to collect users' ages at setup, with penalties for violations and protections for good-faith compliance.
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
8 months ago
EU data protection

Digital Identities and the Future of Age Verification in Europe

The debate on age verification in the EU highlights concerns about privacy, expression rights, and the impact of online platforms on youth mental health.
more#age-verification
fromFortune
2 months ago

Why "the 26 words that made the internet" may not protect Big Tech in the AI age | Fortune

Meta, the parent company of social media apps including Facebook and Instagram, is no stranger to scrutiny over how its platforms affect children, but as the company pushes further into AI-powered products, it's facing a fresh set of issues. Earlier this year, internal documents obtained by Reuters revealed that Meta's AI chatbot could, under official company guidelines, engage in "romantic or sensual" conversations with children and even comment on their attractiveness.
Artificial intelligence
Law
fromFortune
2 months ago

Why "the 26 words that made the internet" may not protect Big Tech in the AI age | Fortune

Meta's AI systems previously allowed inappropriate interactions with minors, prompting the company to add guardrails and restrict teen access amid AI safety and liability concerns.
France news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 months ago

Ban social media for under-15s, says French report warning of TikTok risks

French parliamentary commission recommends banning under-15s from social media and imposing overnight digital curfews for 15–18s after finding TikTok exposes minors to harmful, addictive content.
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

Rick Santorum Claps Back at Hillary Clinton Over K-12 Digital Literacy' Plans: Speech-Stifling Gov't Control of Information'

As we have witnessed over the past four years, government control of information resulted into hyper-partisan education for children and the stifling of viewpoints online that do not comport with leftist ideology.
Left-wing politics
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