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Australia vows to ban social media for children under 16 | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Australia’s government has pledged to introduce what it described as “world-leading” legislation to ban children under the age of 16 from social media. “Social media is doing harm to our kids and I’m calling time on it,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “I’ve spoken to thousands of parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles. They, like…
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Robots could sit in seats of absent children in school, former children’s commissioner says | UK News
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Robots could sit in the seats of absent children in school – to allow the pupils to access lessons from a “safe space”, a former children’s commissioner has said. Anne Longfield, executive chair of the Centre for Young Lives, said that developing a “more inclusive” school environment could help tackle the attendance crisis – rather…
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Starmer urged to back ban on smartphones in schools to stop children ‘doom-scrolling’ | Politics News
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Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to support a new law to ban smartphones in schools to stop children “doom-scrolling” – after Number 10 refused to back the plan. New Labour MP Josh MacAlister is calling for the government to make legal changes to make social media and smartphones less addictive for children and to…
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Australia to place age limit on social media use for children | Science & Tech News
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Australia plans to set a minimum age for children to access social media due to concerns about mental and physical health. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would soon trial age verification technology before banning children from opening social media accounts later this year. He said the limit would likely be between the age…
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Giving children salt water nasal drops can cut duration of a cold and stop it spreading, study suggests | UK News
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Giving children a solution made up of salt and water can cut the duration of a cold by two days, researchers have suggested. A study found that cold symptoms lasted for an average of six days after using salt water nasal drops – also known as saline solution – compared to eight days after using…
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Take-at-home brain cancer treatment for children will soon be available on NHS | UK News
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Children with brain tumours will soon have access to drugs they can take at home, the NHS has announced. The treatment is a first of its kind and clinical trials have shown it to significantly slow the progression of the disease, allowing children a better quality of life for longer. The treatment is for children…
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Children under six being manipulated into sexual abuse, according to ‘deeply disturbing’ report | Science & Tech News
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Children under six are being manipulated into “disturbing” acts of sexual abuse, according to a report by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Warning: This story contains descriptions of child sexual abuse imagery Last year was the most extreme year on record for the IWF’s abuse hotline, which saw a 22% increase in ‘category A’ imagery.…
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New Instagram safety tool will stop children receiving nude pictures | Science & Tech News
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The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram is going to introduce a new safety tool to stop children from receiving nude pictures – and discourage sending them. It follows months of criticism from police chiefs and children’s charities over Meta’s decision to encrypt chats on its Messenger app by default. The company argues that encryption…
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Florida bans children under 14 from social media in sweeping new law | US News
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Children under 14 will be barred from joining social media in Florida from next year. Signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation directs social media firms to delete the accounts of under-14s. Children aged 14 and 15 will also need parental consent before signing up for platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. Companies who…
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Children first see ‘unavoidable’ violent content at primary school, says Ofcom | Science & Tech News
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Children first see violent online content at primary school and believe it is “unavoidable”, according to an Ofcom study. All 247 children who the watchdog spoke to said they had seen things such as adult-only video game content, fighting and verbal discrimination. Social media and group chats were the most common way they came across…