The Online Safety Act aims to make social media firms and search engines protect children and adults in the UK from illegal, harmful material. It became law in 2023, with duties for platforms coming ...

Unlike Utah’s App Store Accountability Act, Google emphasizes collaboration between app stores and developers that would ...

Technology companies will have to take more action to keep children in the UK safe on the internet, following the introduction of the Online Safety Act. The new rules come in during 2025 - but ...

With over 95% of children in South Africa accessing the internet, it's crucial for parents to teach them about online safety.

In today's digital era, a new threat is looming over the internet for children. Cases of cyber grooming are increasing ...

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders introduced legislation on social media protections after a federal judge blocked an age-verification law as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Bros ...

Children will not be protected from child sexual abuse on private messaging platforms under current plans for the Online Safety Act, a group of charities have warned. In a joint letter to Home ...

Be aware when your children are using the Internet and establish some ground rules about when they're allowed to use it. You might want to restrict use to certain hours of the day so you can ...

What is the Online Safety Act? The Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) brought in new rules for internet companies to make sure their users are protected from harm that can take place on their platforms, ...

Meta Platforms Inc and Google’s parent Alphabet Inc have raised concerns about Indian rules barring tech giants from monitoring internet browsing by children under 18 as it will make safety ...

A study from new think tank The New Britain Project and polling firm More in Common found that three-quarters of those aged 16 to 24 said stronger rules were needed to protect young people ... which ...