#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

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