Keywords: Child Safety


Brazil suspends Discord livestreams after teenager’s death

Brazilian authorities have suspended livestreaming on Discord following the death of a 13-year-old girl who was reportedly exposed to harmful content and incitement through a group on the platform. The country’s data protection authority opened an investigation on August 7 after the incident,......

WhatsApp introduces new parental controls for iPhone users

WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new parental controls section for iPhone users, giving parents a simpler way to manage their children’s accounts and review privacy and safety settings. The feature is being distributed gradually through Apple’s App Store and has appeared in version 26.30.77......

Apple briefly removes Telegram from the App Store over child safety policy violation

Apple briefly removed Telegram from its App Store after identifying content that violated the company's policies prohibiting material related to child sexual abuse, before restoring the messaging application once corrective action had been taken. The temporary removal highlights the increasing scrutiny......

Meta faces New Mexico trial over alleged harmful impact on Social Media platforms

Meta Platforms is set to face a significant legal trial in New Mexico that could lead to major changes in the way Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp operate. The case is part of a broader wave of legal actions targeting social media companies over their impact on younger users. The lawsuit, brought by......

EU charges Facebook and Instagram over child protection failures

Regulators in the European Union have formally charged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, with failing to adequately protect children under the age of 13 from accessing their platforms. The charges come under the Digital Services Act, a major regulatory framework designed to ensure......

Hidden risks behind Roblox raise concerns for family safety

Many parents take comfort in seeing their children quietly absorbed in Roblox, assuming the brightly colored graphics and playful characters signal harmless entertainment. Behind the cartoon like surface, however, the platform presents a range of risks that can affect a child emotional wellbeing and......

A nine-year-old boy dies after accidental shooting near Bourges

A nine-year-old boy died early Sunday after accidentally shooting himself with a rifle he found in a home near Bourges, according to police sources. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the town of Saint-Doulchard, where the child's parents were helping a friend move. According to initial......

Online marketplaces flooded with unsafe toys: 86% found dangerous for children, study warns

A new European study has raised serious concerns about the safety of toys sold on major online marketplaces, revealing that 86% of tested products pose significant risks to children. The investigation, carried out by Toy Industries of Europe and the French Federation of Toy and Childcare Industries (FFJP),......

Night guard arrested for kidnapping toddler in Casablanca

Casablanca police, in coordination with the Souk Sebt Oulad Nemma precinct, arrested a 38-year-old night guard on Monday, September 1, suspected of abducting a girl under two years old. Initial investigations revealed that the child’s disappearance had been reported under suspicious circumstances.......