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Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/27/starmer-vows-to-fight-social-media-firms-to-protect-children-from-addiction #Children #ChildProtection #SocialMedia #MobilePhones #TabletComputers #Television #KeirStarmer #Labour #Technology #Politics #DigitalMedia #Media #Society #UkNews

Starmer vows to ‘fight’ social media firms to protect children from addiction

Prime minister says government needs to show it is on families’ side as new screen-time guidance launched

The Guardian

Hacker News 3d ago

End of "Chat Control": EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

#HackerNews #EndOfChatControl #EUParliament #MassSurveillance #ChildProtection #PrivacyRights

End of “Chat Control”: EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller – Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection!

The controversial mass surveillance of private messages in Europe is coming to an end. After the European Parliament had already rejected the indiscriminate and blanket Chat Control by US tech companies on 13 March, conservative forces attempted a democratically highly questionable maneuver yesterda

Patrick Breyer

Red Global News 3d ago

Sara Netanyahu, spouse of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, states that her children have faced humiliation and violence solely due to their father's position. We must condemn attacks on children. #ChildProtection #CondemnViolence

Winbuzzer 4d ago

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/25/meta-new-mexico-jury-375-million-deceiving-teens-platform-safety-xcxwbn/

Meta to Pay $375M After Jury Rules It Deceived Teens

#Facebook #Instagram #Meta #SocialMedia #BigTech #MarkZuckerberg #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #ConsumerProtection #DataPrivacy #Privacy #AgeVerification

Technology | The Guardian US 5d ago

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-videos-images-online-surged-2025-internet-watch-foundation #AiArtificialIntelligence #Internet #ChildProtection #Children #InternetSafety #Computing #Technology

Amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse material found online surged in 2025

Internet Watch Foundation verified 8,029 pieces of realistic AI-made content, with 65% of videos in worst category

The Guardian

Hacker News Mar 21

Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control

https://news.dyne.org/child-protection-is-not-access-control/

#HackerNews #ChildProtection #InternetAccessControl #OnlineSafety #DigitalRights #TechEthics

Do Not Turn Child Protection Into Internet Access Control

Age verification turns the open internet into a permission system and pushes control away from families, schools, and users.

News From Dyne

Winbuzzer Mar 18

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/18/reddit-user-uncovers-meta-2b-lobbying-age-verification-xcxwbn/

Meta's $2B Lobby to Push Age Checks Onto Apple, Google

#Meta #Instagram #Facebook #Privacy #DataPrivacy #AgeVerification #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #SocialMedia #BigTech #Lobbying #Nonprofits

Susan Ville Mar 17

RE: https://mastodon.social/@villebooks/116243966844851816

🗨️ While the German #newspaper #taz in #berlin paid Palestinians who provided firsthand accounts of their departure, full names were published and private information was not redacted to protect the refugees -

⚠️ Anyone fleeing a country with a family and #children should bear this in mind if a swarm of #journalists suddenly appears at the #airport - protection of the family is top priority, taking precedence over all other motives!

-- #childprotection #war #refugees
#law #ihl #press #media