Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children(reuters.com)
443 points by bhouston | 413 comments
Reuters news report on Meta reaching a $17 billion settlement with US states over social media harms to children.
#child-safety on Hacker News
12 stories tagged child-safety, newest first.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health(theguardian.com)
764 points by boplicity | 407 comments
News report that a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m over harms to children's mental health from its social media platforms.
Google will expand age checks on Android worldwide till the end of the year(android-developers.googleblog.com)
390 points by dmantis | 465 comments
Android Developers Blog post announcing Google Play age-signal tools and expanded age checks to deliver safer, age-appropriate app experiences.
What we call "age verification" is actually mass surveillance(pluralistic.net)
671 points by hn_acker | 351 comments
A Pluralistic blog post by Cory Doctorow arguing that online age verification mandates amount to mass surveillance that harms the kids they claim to protect.
EU to crack down on TikTok, Instagram's 'addictive design' targeting kids(cnbc.com)
436 points by thm | 385 comments
CNBC article reporting that the European Commission plans to regulate addictive design features on TikTok and Instagram that target children.
Meta told to pay $375M for misleading users over child safety(bbc.com)
391 points by testrun | 205 comments
BBC News article reporting that Meta has been ordered to pay $375m for misleading users about child safety on its platforms.
Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms(cnn.com)
412 points by billfor | 499 comments
CNN Business article reporting that a New Mexico jury found Meta liable in a case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms.
Do Not Turn Child Protection into Internet Access Control(news.dyne.org)
745 points by smartmic | 383 comments
A Dyne.org Think & Do Tank opinion piece by Jaromil arguing against using child-protection laws to impose age verification and internet access control.
Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults(cnbc.com)
589 points by bilsbie | 315 comments
CNBC article on how online age-verification tools spreading across the U.S. for child safety are leading to surveillance of adults.
Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)
347 points by binning | 146 comments
TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.
Meta suppressed research on child safety, employees say(washingtonpost.com)
430 points by mdhb | 258 comments
Washington Post exclusive report that Meta suppressed internal research on child safety risks in its virtual reality products, according to employees who told Congress.
Australia proposes ban on social media for those under 16(reuters.com)
377 points by robbiet480 | 394 comments
Reuters article on Australia's proposed ban on social media use for people under 16; the capture shows a bot-check captcha instead of the article.