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Denmark wants to ban access to social media for children under 15

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French investigators to probe TikTok over children’s mental health

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Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media ban for kids under 16

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Euroviews. Ukraine is advancing children’s rights in wartime on path to Europe

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Instagram to use PG-13 rating to limit content for teenagers

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Australia’s social media ban under-16s hard to enforce, Google says

There’s two months to go before children under 16 will lose access to most social media accounts in Australia.

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Denmark wants to ban social media for under-15s

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Canada's privacy watchdog says TikTok should keep kids off platform

Canada's privacy watchdog called for TikTok to enhance protection for children on the social video platform.

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Investigation: Ukrainian children taken to hundreds of Russian sites

The Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) discovered an unprecedented system of “re-education” and militarisation of Ukrainian children, forcefully deported by Russia.

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Euroviews. Return of chat control: Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

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ChatGPT gives teens dangerous advice, study warns

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Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children under age 16

Australians under the age of 16 will be barred from creating accounts on YouTube come December.