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Apple expands child safety tools as social media bans growApple is enhancing tools for parents to safeguard children online. New features will allow parents to manage app usage, content access, and...
From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessNations worldwide are enacting strict rules for social media access by children. Australia has banned platforms for those under 16. Britain...
Parents who can't stop helping their grown children aren't simply devoted; they've built an identity around being needed, and it's the last wall standing between them and the question of who they are when nobody calls anymoreMillennials often joke about parental overreach, but psychologists reveal it stems from parents' own anxieties and fear of losing purpose. ...
Malaysia Bans Under-16s From Social Media: New Age Verification Rules EnforcedMalaysia has begun enforcing new rules. Children under 16 are now banned from social media accounts. Platforms must implement age verificat...
US Supreme Court declined to hear Meta's challenge to Vermont social media addiction lawsuitThe US Supreme Court has refused to hear Meta's appeal. This allows a lawsuit against Meta's Instagram to proceed. Vermont's attorney gener...
Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids' screen timeTech giants Meta and Google funded trusted children's brands to teach responsible tech use. This occurred even as their apps were designed ...
Mother's Day Special: How AI, apps are empowering women to manage finances, improve health, build careerWomen are learning to keep pace with the ubiquitous apps and AI, shrugging off dependence on their kids for financial transactions, online ...
Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media banThe global spotlight on the first such ban on people under 16 using popular apps appears to have encouraged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
In wake of US social media verdicts, look at what limits other countries have imposed for kidsOn Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. A day earlier in New Mexico...
EU launches investigation into Snapchat over child safety concerns under Digital Services ActEuropean Union regulators are probing Snapchat. Concerns exist that the platform inadequately protects children. Risks include exposure to ...
Juries take the lead in the push for child online safetyTwo juries have held social media giants accountable for harming young users. This marks a significant shift, validating a new legal strate...
Meta, Google risk big tobacco-like fallout after addiction trialWhile the $6 million in damages a jury in Los Angeles awarded to the 20-year-old plaintiff — which the companies vowed to appeal — will bar...
Meta, Google lose US case over social media harm to kidsThe jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable comp...
What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm childrenA New Mexico jury has fined Meta 375 million dollars. This is the first verdict in child safety trials against social media companies. The ...
Meta ordered to pay $375 million in New Mexico trial over child exploitation, user safety claimsIn a landmark decision, a jury in New Mexico has convicted Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, of breaching stat...
US senators demand Meta's internal data on kids' safetyA group of 10 US senators, led by Marsha Blackburn, has asked Meta to share its internal findings on how its platforms impact children and ...
Meta launches new teen safety features, removes 635,000 accounts that sexualise childrenThe company also announced Wednesday that it has removed thousands of accounts that were leaving sexualised comments or requesting sexual i...
Meta expands 'teen accounts' to Facebook, Messenger amid children's online safety regulatory pushMeta is introducing its "Teen Accounts" feature on Facebook and Messenger, expanding privacy and parental controls to protect young users. ...
Meta announces additional safety measures for children and teenagersOne of the measures, the company said, is were teenagers would now not be shown in the "people you may know" recommendations tab on both In...
Meta rolls out parental supervision tools on InstagramThe new parental controls are part of Meta's promise to protect children using its social media apps, after a whistleblower leaked internal...