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Meta Ran Hundreds of Ads Promoting AI Apps That ’Nudify’ Children: Watchdog Finds 332 Cases

California bans addictive social media features for children under 16 and tightens AI chatbot rules

Norway's capital Oslo, said it had banned smart glasses in schools, saying the move was aimed at preventing children from becoming "extras in Meta's data collection"

All grown-ups were once children, but only few of them remember it

Australian local council bans ‘smart’ glasses from pools, gyms, playgrounds and childcare centres — “The fact that we need to protect children and women in particular from perverts, let’s just say it, is really important.”

Rein in social media not children, say over 130 groups, experts

Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults

Apple faces new UK rules over nude images on children’s iPhones

UK to force Apple and Google to block explicit images on children’s smartphones

New law to force tech firms to stop children taking or sharing nude images

No Account, No Consent: How Adult Facebook Posts Feed Children’s Data to Meta’s AI

Online Sleuthing Is Out of Control, and the Vitriol Against Patrick Clancy Proves It | Lindsay Clancy has admitted to killing her children, but you'd never know it from looking at TikTok

Save the children. Ban everyone age 18 and older from social media

Colombia’s armed groups recruit children and train them in drone warfare, rights group says

Researchers followed children for a decade to see whether screen time really mattered

Meta Reaches $18 Billion of Settlements Over Children's Social Media Addiction

Meta settles for $18B in lawsuit brought by 29 states over social media harms to children

Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children

TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with US Justice Department over children’s privacy

TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit