#childsafety — Public Fediverse posts

FYI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #ConsumerProtection #MarketplaceSafety #ButtonBatteries #ChildSafety

FYI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #ConsumerProtection #MarketplaceSafety #ButtonBatteries #ChildSafety

FYI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #ConsumerProtection #MarketplaceSafety #ButtonBatteries #ChildSafety

ICYMI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #MarketplaceSafety #ChildSafety #ButtonBatteries #ConsumerProtection

ICYMI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #MarketplaceSafety #ChildSafety #ButtonBatteries #ConsumerProtection

ICYMI: ACCC declines to probe marketplace sellers CHOICE flagged in complaint: Three children have died from button battery incidents in Australia as Treasury now leads reform of marketplace duties, injury reporting and penalty rules. https://ppc.land/accc-declines-to-probe-marketplace-sellers-choice-flagged-in-complaint/ #ACCC #MarketplaceSafety #ChildSafety #ButtonBatteries #ConsumerProtection

#Meta’s landmark #settlement in its #childsafety trial will lead to significant #changes to its #socialmedia platforms for teen users. The settlement includes up to $17 billion in payments and product changes such as #timelimits, #notificationrestrictions, and stricter #ageverification. While some are satisfied with the settlement, others argue that the changes should be permanent and not limited to a specific timeframe. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/meta-teen-app-changes.html?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Meta’s landmark #settlement in its #childsafety trial will lead to significant #changes to its #socialmedia platforms for teen users. The settlement includes up to $17 billion in payments and product changes such as #timelimits, #notificationrestrictions, and stricter #ageverification. While some are satisfied with the settlement, others argue that the changes should be permanent and not limited to a specific timeframe. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/meta-teen-app-changes.html?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Meta’s landmark #settlement in its #childsafety trial will lead to significant #changes to its #socialmedia platforms for teen users. The settlement includes up to $17 billion in payments and product changes such as #timelimits, #notificationrestrictions, and stricter #ageverification. While some are satisfied with the settlement, others argue that the changes should be permanent and not limited to a specific timeframe. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/meta-teen-app-changes.html?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Meta’s landmark #settlement in its #childsafety trial will lead to significant #changes to its #socialmedia platforms for teen users. The settlement includes up to $17 billion in payments and product changes such as #timelimits, #notificationrestrictions, and stricter #ageverification. While some are satisfied with the settlement, others argue that the changes should be permanent and not limited to a specific timeframe. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/meta-teen-app-changes.html?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

#Meta’s landmark #settlement in its #childsafety trial will lead to significant #changes to its #socialmedia platforms for teen users. The settlement includes up to $17 billion in payments and product changes such as #timelimits, #notificationrestrictions, and stricter #ageverification. While some are satisfied with the settlement, others argue that the changes should be permanent and not limited to a specific timeframe. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/03/meta-teen-app-changes.html?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

Public on-line vote · Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland - deadline Friday 4 September
Support a 30 km/h speed limit for urban villages including Templeogue, Lucan, Tallaght, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Clondalkin, Saggart, Palmerstown, and Rathfarnham. A permanent speed limit of 30 km/h should be applied to roads in the vicinity of schools to create safe routes to schools.

https://votelf.com/v/11739

#Love30 #speedlimit #mastodaoine #IrishPol #cycling #walking #shools #childsafety #pedestrian #roadsafety

A school district’s tech policy has landed it in federal court, spotlighting the collision between digital access and parental rights. https://jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2026/09/parent-techlash-takes-school-opt-out.htmlEdTech #Privacy #Education #ChildSafety

3️⃣ The Australia Government is proposing a huge privacy reform package including a world-first approach.

4️⃣ Meta ends its child safety case with a significant settlement that brings with it a raft of new teen restrictions and a possible financial settlement of $18 billion.

➡️ Read the full round-up: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-50/

#WTFnow #privacy #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #Meta #Facebook #Instagram

Given the vendor here, call me skeptical - OR some peeps who should KNOW better, are getting played here!

If META's settlement agreement with 29 states is all about improving child safely in social media - then why would the state AGs agree not to sue Meta under existing child safety laws over its retention and use of children’s data????

Meta's agreement says that the state AGs have agreed to “fully, finally, and forever” not to bring any past, present, or future COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act) claims—or claims under similar state laws, re Meta’s use of children’s data.

BUT, COPPA is a FEDERAL law primarily enforced by the FTC, and not by the states. The FTC is not a party to this settlement, so what does that mean?

ALSO, it is not clear what data Meta will retain for training the model(s), how much behavioral information may be included, or how long it will retain the data. https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/27/buried-in-metas-18b-settlement-is-a-legal-pass-on-kids-data/ #AI #Meta #SocialMedia #Lawsuit #COPPA #ChildSafety #PersonalData #Privacy #1stAmendment #Behavioralinformation #DataPrivacy

Meta's Massive $18 Billion Child Safety Settlement Just Triggered a Historic Tech Reckoning

Full story 👇

Learn more: https://www.earthinsider.in/2026/08/meta-18-billion-settlement-child-safety.html

#EarthInsider #EarthInsiderNews #EINews #US #America #USNews #USPolitics #MetaSettlement #ChildSafety #BigTechAccountability #BreakingNews #TopStory #NewsAlert

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Move Fast And Settle Things

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/28/ctrl-alt-speech-move-fast-and-settle-things/

#Meta settled a lawsuit with 52 state and local Attorneys General for nearly $17 billion. The #settlement includes features like time limits, night mode, and algorithmic feed control, and encourages other platforms like #YouTube and #TikTok to adopt similar measures. Critics argue that this settlement allows Meta to #influence #childsafety regulations and potentially harm user #privacy and #freedomofexpression. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/?eicker.news #tech #news #ainews

Meta Settles Teen Safety Lawsuit for $18 Billion

Twenty-nine states secure landmark deal requiring time limits, night blocks, and age verification for teen users across Facebook and Instagram

https://pulseofnations.lol/meta-settles-teen-safety/

#AttorneysGeneral #ChildSafety #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Settlement #SocialMedia #TechRegulation

Компанія #Meta запропонувала добровільно сплатити штраф у 18 мільярдів доларів та впровадити заходи для кращого захисту дітей і підлітків від шкідливого впливу своїх продуктів - #Фейсбук та #Інстаграм.
На такий крок їх навів перебіг суду за позовом 29 штатів #США, в якому були надані докази навмисного підсаджування неповнолітніх на нескінченне споживання їхнього контенту, та велика імовірність ще гіршого вердикту суду.
#MetaTrial #socialnetworks #childsafety

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyq4gxwe7go

Discover the details of Meta's massive $18 billion child privacy lawsuit settlement. Learn how new platform restrictions will impact young users worldwide.

#Meta #PrivacyLawsuit #ChildSafety #COPPA #TechNews

http://securityonline.info/meta-child-privacy-lawsuit-settlement/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/

"Meta has denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement."

They don't fear fines. They fear competition.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd68q3wynnqo #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalPolicy #Instagram #Facebook #PlatformAccountability #BigTech #CSAM #brussels #eutech

"Meta has denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement."

They don't fear fines. They fear competition.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #TechRegulation #DigitalPolicy #Instagram #Facebook #PlatformAccountability #BigTech #CSAM #brussels #eutech

Meta to pay up to $18bn to set...

Meta Settles $18B Lawsuit With 29 States Over Child Safety

Meta agrees to pay up to $18 billion and adopt sweeping child-safety reforms to settle landmark lawsuit alleging it designed platforms to addict children

https://pulseofnations.lol/meta-settles-18b-lawsuit/

#ChildProtection #ChildSafety #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Settlement #States #TechRegulation

Meta agreed Aug. 26 to pay up to $17.1 billion and restrict teen engagement on Facebook and Instagram to settle child safety claims from 47 states. The deal ends a federal trial in Oakland. Judge approval and payment terms remain pending. https://www.implicator.ai/meta-17-billion-child-safety-settlement/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechPolicy

🔍 Oh joy, Meta's latest magic trick: turning child safety into a $16.68B headline. Because nothing says "we care" like a few lucrative zeros and begging you to turn off your ad blocker for the full story. 🤦‍♂️💸
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/meta-settles-with-us-states-over-social-media-harms-2026-08-26/ #Meta #ChildSafety #AdRevenue #ProfitTrick #SocialMedia #Ethics #News #HackerNews #ngated

⁉️ Here’s WTF happened this week:

➡️ Read the full round-up: https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-49/

1️⃣ AI-generated tracks are not eligible for the ARIA Charts or the ARIA Awards from next week.

2️⃣ TikTok settled their child privacy case for $400 million as testimony in the Meta child safety case claims executives ignored harms.

#WTFnow #AI #AIandMusic #ARIA #ARIAcharts #ARIAawards #SocialMedia #ChildSafety #OnlineSafety #TikTok #ByteDance #Meta #Facebook #Instagram

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/08/25/new-zealand-under-16-social-media-bill-coalition-opposition-xcxwbn/

New Zealand is planning a social media ban for teens under-16, but coalition opposition leaves it short of committed votes and far from becoming law.

#SocialMedia #TeenSafety #ChildSafety #NewZealand

Hook, hold, harvest and hide: Meta’s alleged strategy laid out in first week of landmark trial

"Meta’s business can be boiled down to four words that begin with the letter H: hook, hold, harvest, hide, according to a lawyer who is prosecuting the world’s largest social media company.

The owner of Facebook and Instagram “hooks” in users, “holds” them on its platforms for as long as possible, “harvests” their data and then “hides” the truth from the public, she argued.

“Meta’s business model worked especially well for kids,” said Megan O’Neill, a lawyer for the state of California.

Her accusation opened the blockbuster trial against the US tech company on Tuesday in Oakland, California, just north of Meta’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. California has joined 28 other US states in suing the £1tn ($1.36tn) company for allegedly designing addictive products that lead to children being harmed."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/22/meta-trial-children-privacy

#ChildSafety #OnlineSafety #DataHarvesting #News #HumanRights #SocialMedia #Facebook #Meta #Activism

Former Meta engineering director testified that Zuckerberg prioritized growth over child safety, with employee incentives tied to user engagement metrics. The lawsuit centers on whether Meta misrepresented addictive features to young users. implicator.ai/meta-engineer-zuckerberg-growth-child-safety/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechAccountability

Former Meta engineering director testified that Zuckerberg prioritized growth over child safety, with employee incentives tied to user engagement metrics. The lawsuit centers on whether Meta misrepresented addictive features to young users. implicator.ai/meta-engineer-zuckerberg-growth-child-safety/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechAccountability

Former Meta engineering director testified that Zuckerberg prioritized growth over child safety, with employee incentives tied to user engagement metrics. The lawsuit centers on whether Meta misrepresented addictive features to young users. implicator.ai/meta-engineer-zuckerberg-growth-child-safety/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechAccountability

Former Meta engineering director testified that Zuckerberg prioritized growth over child safety, with employee incentives tied to user engagement metrics. The lawsuit centers on whether Meta misrepresented addictive features to young users. implicator.ai/meta-engineer-zuckerberg-growth-child-safety/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechAccountability

Former Meta engineering director testified that Zuckerberg prioritized growth over child safety, with employee incentives tied to user engagement metrics. The lawsuit centers on whether Meta misrepresented addictive features to young users. implicator.ai/meta-engineer-zuckerberg-growth-child-safety/ #Meta #ChildSafety #TechAccountability

⚖️ BREAKING: LegalEagle is suing Meta, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat for deliberately designing addictive algorithms that harm children's mental health.

These platforms knowingly prioritize engagement over wellbeing. The time to hold them accountable is NOW.

If you or your child has been harmed by social media addiction, you may be entitled to compensation.

📹 Full breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIsI4H5aooo
🔗 Learn your eligibility: https://legaleagle.link/harm

#SocialMediaSuit #MentalHealthJustice #HoldThemAccountable #BigTech #BigTechAccountability #LegalEagle #ChildSafety

OpenAI’s KOSA Endorsement Is Regulatory Capture With A Smiley Face

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/14/openais-kosa-endorsement-is-regulatory-capture-with-a-smiley-face/

https://www.europesays.com/africa/223129/ Domestic worker’s toddler daughter killed ‘because house wasn’t cleaned properly’ #ChildProtection #ChildSafety #DomesticViolence #driekoppies #EmergencyMedicalServices #girl #mother #mpumalanga #MpumalangaCrime #NkomaziMagistrate'sCourt #RobinFrancke@iolCoZaiol #schoemansdal #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaViolenceAgainstChildren #suspect

Kids love to play outside, but ensuring the turf they run on is safe can be a real concern for parents and guardians. Familiarising yourself with child-safe turf standards, like EN 71-3, helps you choose artificial grass that minimizes risks. Let's make playtime safe for our little ones while still providing fun and enjoyment in the UK!

https://ukpavingtalkgroup.com/kb/child-safe-turf-standards/

#ChildSafety #ArtificialTurf #PlaySafeUK #EN71 #SafePlaygrounds #TurfStandards #KidsPlay

Age verification can be abused by predators to seek out children. Age verification laws are requiring software to check the age of the user in more and more jurisdictions around the world. California’s laws are probably the most strict, requiring the age verification to happen in the operating system if the operating system can install apps over the Internet (which nowadays, includes all operating systems).

The legislators who pass these laws have been paid large campaign donations (“bribed” by any other name) to argue that these laws will give parents more control over what their children see on the Internet and what apps their children use.

But now any child predator can create a website, such as a website with nice, innocuous-looking, family-friendly, free games to play, and then collect information about people who use the website, like IP addresses, and web browser fingerprints, what kind of games are played, and of everyone who visits your website. It doesn’t take a lot of imagination to see what a child predator could do with such a list of users when sorting that list by the user’s age.

I can’t help but wonder if it just a coincidence that a large number of the people in the Jefferey Epstein papers have still not been brought to justice, some of whom may still be paying these bribes to politicians?

#AgeVerification #AgeVerificationLaw #EpsteinPapers #JeffereyEpstein #EpsteinClass #ChildSafety #OnlineChildSafety #ChildSafetyLegislation

A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why The GUARD Act Won’t Keep Us Safe

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/a-surveillance-mandate-disguised-as-child-safety-why-the-guard-act-wont-keep-us-safe/

After teen death lawsuits, Character.AI will restrict chats for under-18 users - On Wednesday, Character.AI announced it will bar anyone unde... - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/10/after-teen-death-lawsuits-character-ai-will-restrict-chats-for-under-18-users/ #danieldefreitas #machinelearning #aicompanions #airegulation #character.ai #mentalhealth #childsafety #emotionalai #noamshazeer #samaltman #aisafety #chatbots #biz⁢ #google #openai #ai

National Child Protection Week.

#childprotection #children #childrights #childsafety #childabuse #humanrights #childwelfare #childcare #education #socialwork #endchildsexualabuse #childrensrights #stopabuse #stopchildtrafficking #endchildmarriage #endviolenceagainstchildren #childmarriages #stopsexualabuse #childdevelopment #endchildtrafficking #parenting #preventchildsexualabuse #youthaschangemakers #savechildhood #shaktivahini #child #charity #childabuseawareness…

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/national-child-protection-week/

National Child Protection Week.

#childprotection #children #childrights #childsafety #childabuse #humanrights #childwelfare #childcare #education #socialwork #endchildsexualabuse #childrensrights #stopabuse #stopchildtrafficking #endchildmarriage #endviolenceagainstchildren #childmarriages #stopsexualabuse #childdevelopment #endchildtrafficking #parenting #preventchildsexualabuse #youthaschangemakers #savechildhood #shaktivahini #child #charity #childabuseawareness…

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/national-child-protection-week/

National Child Protection Week.

#childprotection #children #childrights #childsafety #childabuse #humanrights #childwelfare #childcare #education #socialwork #endchildsexualabuse #childrensrights #stopabuse #stopchildtrafficking #endchildmarriage #endviolenceagainstchildren #childmarriages #stopsexualabuse #childdevelopment #endchildtrafficking #parenting #preventchildsexualabuse #youthaschangemakers #savechildhood #shaktivahini #child #charity #childabuseawareness…

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/05/national-child-protection-week/

Albania shuts down TikTok for a year, citing concerns over youth violence and bullying after a tragic school incident. The move sparks debate on child safety vs. free speech, with TikTok denying any link to the case. 🇦🇱📵👦 #Albania #TikTokBan #ChildSafety #oldnewz #reminder #ongoing #dpi

https://apnews.com/article/albania-tiktok-shutdown-children-violence-83bf80324230fbe94ba1068d583ab855