UK 16- and 17-year-olds to be encouraged to follow midnight social media curfew

Midnight to 6am block on some apps is latest stage of Labour’s bid to protect young people from online harms ...

‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew

All the young people the Guardian spoke to disagreed with aspects of the government’s proposed ban ...

Snapchat is surging with teens and is more dangerous than ever. Parents can’t fight it alone

Around the same time that Leila Atassi’s oldest daughter got her first iPhone, Great Britain announced a ban on social media ...
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Major platforms have the tools to stop sexual extortion, but they’re not using them – new report

Australia’s eSafety report finds platforms are not adequately detecting predictable sextortion patterns despite available ...
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UK may block social media from midnight to 6 am for older teens

The UK government plans a default midnight to 6 am social media curfew for teenagers aged 16 and 17. The proposal may cover ...
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Judge denies pretrial release for former cop accused of killing her roommate

Tazewell County Judge Chris Doscotch ordered that former Creve Coeur police officer Caitlynn J. Girkin be held in jail ...

Only one per cent of kids to use VPNs to dodge age checks ahead of UK ban

Only around one per cent of children use virtual private networks (VPNs) to access age-restricted content, VPN providers ...
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Falling Back in Love With Chicago, After Years Living in New York

A native Chicagoan returns to realize that the city's food, culture, and good nature may just make the Midwestern powerhouse ...
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UK announces social media curfew for 16, 17-year-olds

Children aged 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK will face a voluntary overnight social media curfew, alongside a shutdown of ...

Teenagers can opt out of social media curfew

Older teenagers will be able to opt out of Labour’s social media curfews, and experts say it could make the plans worthless.
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Ofcom opens a child safety investigation into TikTok

Ofcom is investigating whether TikTok can tell which users are children, and whether it keeps harmful content away from them. Fines could reach 10% of global revenue.

Starmer issues social media curfew for teens in addictive scrolling crackdown

Sixteen and 17-year-olds will face a voluntary overnight social media curfew, the automatic shutdown of infinite scrolling and breaks in AI chatbot use in one of Sir Keir Starmer’s final acts as prime ...