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Newborn dressed as Lord Krishna in hospital video sparks outrage; netizens ask, ‘Does everything need to be a reel?’A hospital video showing a newborn dressed as Lord Krishna and handed to an emotional father has sparked debate online. While the footage h...07 Sep, 2026, 10.23 AM IST- NHRC seeks reports from MeitY, MIB, Delhi Police over Instagram CSAM adsThe commission took cognizance of the issue under Section 12 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, after considering media reports p...03 Sep, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
- Pakistan's Punjab Assembly seeks ban on social media accounts for children under 16The Punjab Assembly has passed a resolution seeking a legal ban on social media for children under sixteen. This move addresses growing con...02 Sep, 2026, 01.50 PM IST
- Social media companies are trying harder to know which users are kidsDetermining which accounts belong to children is the linchpin of child safety measures that other companies, including Google, TikTok, and ...01 Sep, 2026, 07.18 PM IST
- ETtech Explainer | Meta’s $17.1 billion toll shifts focus from content to product designMeta is now dealing with a substantial settlement in the United States in response to mounting child safety issues. This agreement is the r...01 Sep, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
- A 3-year-old climbed into a 440-pound gorilla’s enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo in 2016; the 17-year-old western lowland named ‘Harambe’ dragged him through the water before being shot - his death sparked an internet conspiracy theory that it was the glitch in the matrix that sent the world into chaos, linking it to Trump, Brexit, COVID and even 9/11A gorilla named Harambe died after a child entered his enclosure in 2016. This incident quickly became a widespread internet meme and cultu...30 Aug, 2026, 10.48 AM IST
- Meta’s $17.1 billion settlement puts Instagram and Facebook on a digital bedtimeMeta has agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle a multistate lawsuit alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to hook children, w...27 Aug, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
- Time limits to midnight cutoff: What Meta's $18 billion deal changes for teensMeta Platforms agreed to a significant $18 billion settlement with 48 US states. This historic deal mandates substantial changes to protect...27 Aug, 2026, 12.58 PM IST
- Brazil fines TikTok $30 million in 'powerful signal' over child safetyBrazil's data protection agency on Tuesday fined TikTok nearly $30 million for failing to implement child safety measures in what it said w...26 Aug, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
- From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social media accessBelow is a summary of what countries and companies are doing to regulate access to social media amid mounting concerns over the impact of s...24 Aug, 2026, 10.12 AM IST
- Participants at MeitY child safety consultation call for regulation beyond content takedownsParticipants said there was no demand for a blanket ban on social media. Instead, discussions centred on defining and enforcing “safety by ...21 Aug, 2026, 10.25 AM IST
- After weeks out of public view, Melania Trump returns with a new foster youth pushMelania Trump will announce new scholarships for foster youth. This initiative connects her motorsport interest with youth support programs...20 Aug, 2026, 07.46 PM IST
- Australia secures court-enforceable child safety undertaking from RobloxThe agreement marks an incremental win for the eSafety Commissioner as it seeks to use its enforcement powers to make online platforms co...20 Aug, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
- Former Meta engineer says Instagram took a 'don't ask, don't tell' approach on kids under 13During his second day of testimony, Arturo Bejar said Meta consistently prioritized profits over safety in designing its products, focusing...20 Aug, 2026, 08.08 AM IST
- Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial beginsFour lead states - California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey - accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram to hook young users, fu...19 Aug, 2026, 12.26 PM IST
- In Meta's trial, families of social media victims see pivotal moment for online safetyWritten on it in black ink were the names of children and young adults who have died from social media related harms, including deaths by s...19 Aug, 2026, 08.38 AM IST
- India may need data pact with US to tighten CSAM crackdownTwo years after the Supreme Court clarified that reporting suspected CSAM to a foreign organisation does not absolve a platform of criminal...15 Aug, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
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