French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for a Europe-wide approach to restricting children’s access to social media, calling on the European Union to introduce legislation that would prevent those under 15 from using social media platforms. In a letter sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on August 29, Macron urged the European […]
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Brazil has taken a major step toward tightening online safety protections for children after authorities ordered Discord to suspend livestreaming services, following the death of a 13-year-old girl who was allegedly encouraged to harm herself during a livestream. Brazil’s National Data Protection Authority, ANPD, issued the order on Wednesday, giving Discord three days to comply. […]
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Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life at an incredible pace, and according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), children are leading that transformation much faster than adults. Ahead of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance, Unicef revealed new findings from research conducted across 10 countries, showing that children are adopting AI […]
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Social media platforms TikTok and YouTube have deactivated approximately 4.7 million accounts belonging to children under the age of 16 in Indonesia, marking one of the biggest enforcement actions since the country’s new social media regulations came into effect. Indonesia’s Communications and Digital Minister, Meutya Hafid, announced that TikTok, owned by Chinese technology company ByteDance, […]
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Indonesia is preparing to introduce a major change in how young people interact with the digital world. Starting this Saturday, the country will begin enforcing a policy that blocks children under the age of 16 from holding accounts on several popular social media and online entertainment platforms. The move is part of a growing global […]
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