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EU to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
Bringing family to New Zealand on a work visa: What you need to knowNew Zealand offers pathways for foreign workers to bring families. Accredited Employer Work Visa and Essential Skills Work Visa holders can...
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...
Snapchat hit with EU probe into alleged failure to prevent child grooming, illegal goods salesThe European Commission, charged with enforcing the act, said it suspected that Snapchat does not have sufficient safeguards to prevent chi...
Teenagers sue Elon Musk's xAI claiming image-generator made sexually explicit images of them as minorsThree teenagers from Tennessee are taking a stand against Elon Musk's xAI, filing suit over claims that the company's AI capabilities produ...
Meta executive warned Facebook Messenger encryption plan was 'so irresponsible', shows court filingMeta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warni...
One in twelve children faces online sexual abuse, finds alarming studyOne in every 12 children globally experienced online sexual abuse in the past year, according to a study published in The Lancet Child and ...
Sexual exploitation of minors plagued societies worldwide, matter of serious concern in India: SCThe Supreme Court of India has highlighted the critical issue of child sexual exploitation and the necessity of the POCSO Act, 2012. The co...
CEOs of TikTok, Meta, X to testify at US Senate hearing in JanuarySenator Dick Durbin, the panel's Democratic chairman and the ranking Republican Lindsey Graham said Discord and X had initially balked at p...
Mark Zuckerberg, Meta sued for failing to address sex trafficking, child exploitationThe complaint made public late Monday by several pension and investment funds that own Meta stock said Meta's leadership and board have fai...
House panel to submit report on online safety of kids in a month14-member committee mulls over legislative provisions to address online exploitation. The government has revealed in the ongoing Parliament...
CBI sets up investigation unit for online child sexual abuseThe newly specialized unit will collect, collate and disseminate information regarding publication, transmission, creation, collection, see...
Child rights body wants probe into sexual abuse videos on WhatsAppThe apex body for child rights in India is planning to also frame a preventive policy to curb such activities on all digital platforms.
UN official lauds India's move to tackle abuse by peacekeepersA top UN official has lauded efforts undertaken by India and other nations in designating focal points to facilitate paternity and child su...
Centre bats for new comprehensive law on human traffickingThe Centre told the SC that instead of amending certain provisions in existing statutes, there was a need for a comprehensive law to tackle...
'Blocking sites,search terms 'ineffective' to stop child porn'"The move by Internet search engines to make it harder to find child abuse images online do not go far enough to solve the problem," IET sa...