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Her Children’s Code made tech companies sit up; now Bridget Jones director Baroness Kidron’s next battle is the Online Safety bill

The social media app is under pressure to boost protections for children online

California’s bill,AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, was drafted with the intent that children should be afforded protections not only by online products and services specifically directed at them, but by all online products and services they are likely to access.

California’s bill,AB 2273, the Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, was drafted with the intent that children should be afforded protections not only by online products and services specifically directed at them, but by all online products and services they are likely to access.

Research examining default settings and terms & conditions offered to minors by social media giants TikTok, WhatsApp and Instagram across 14 different countries — including the US, Brazil, Indonesia and the UK — has found the three platforms do not offer same level of privacy and safety protections for children across all the markets where […]

Young audiences influence more than $1.2trn in direct spend each year; kids and teens are your next customer, your next user, and critical to the growth and longevity of your brand. But with social media frequently grabbing news headlines for creating a negative impact on young audiences, brands have a responsibility to engage them with their digital safety and well-being in mind.

The fast-growing educational technology industry is poorly regulated and profits from user data. Australian law, education departments and schools can all do more to improve safeguards for children.

Tech firms will be incentivised to censor their users en masse | Britain

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Prince Harrys work to protect children Archie and Lilibet from online harm echoes his efforts to protect Meghan Markle from a hostile U.K. media.