Child Online Safety

Australia: Meta and its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram, are facing a class action lawsuit in Australia over allegations…

New York: TikTok conducted experiments in which thousands of users, including children and teenagers, were allegedly given non-functional versions of…

London: Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into whether Meta Platforms breached UK online safety laws by failing…

Sydney: Apple Executive Chair Tim Cook views Australia’s social media restrictions as ‘world-leading’, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated after meeting…

France: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed banning children under 13 from social media as part of…

For years, parents have largely decided when children are ready to use social media. That responsibility is now increasingly being…

United States: TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to the US government to settle a lawsuit alleging that the…

Oakland, California: Meta has come under its biggest legal challenge yet over allegations that it deliberately designed Facebook and Instagram…

Sydney: Meta has removed more than 750,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts it suspected were being operated by Australians under the…

London: Children in the UK are increasingly reporting explicit deepfake images created using artificial intelligence, prompting renewed warnings about the…