Sky

Worst social media app for child abuse offences revealed

Snapchat is the most commonly-used social media platform in reported child exploitation and abuse offences, according to new police figures. In 2024, 122,768 child sexual exploitation offences were ...
CNN

‘What’s the worst thing that’s gonna happen?’ South Australia Premier says social media ban is about protecting children

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas told CNN’s Jake Tapper his country’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 is about protecting them from addictive algorithms, asking: “What’s ...
Futurism

Social Media Is Absolutely Nuking Children’s Brains, New Research Finds

A barrage of AI-generated brain rot is haunting children across numerous screens, from personal smartphones to school-issued laptops to televisions. Social media is adding significantly to that ...
dw

Australia social media ban: Children feel isolated, ignored

The world is watching as Australia becomes the first country to ban under-16s from social media. Adults support it but children consider the ban an attack on their ...
The Independent

Social media damages children’s attention spans in a way TV and video games don’t, study finds

Children with access to social media see a significant erosion in their ability to concentrate, a major new study has found. Researchers from Sweden and the United States followed 8,324 children’s ...
Frontiers

Research on the relationship between parental media literacy and preschool children’s quality of learning in the new media environment

1 College of Education, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China 2 School of Education, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China This study explores the influence of parental media ...
eLife

Mother-child dyadic interactions shape children’s social brain and theory of mind

Social cognition develops through a complex interplay between neural maturation and environmental factors, yet the neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying this process remain unclear. Using a ...
Reuters

Denmark set to ban social media platforms for children under 15

COPENHAGEN, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Denmark will ban the use of social media for children under the age of 15, the Danish government said on Friday, although parents will be allowed to give dispensation for ...
Education Week

Social-Emotional Learning Linked to Higher Math and Reading Test Scores

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...
ABC News

Denmark proposes banning social media for kids under 15

The Danish prime minister said social media was "stealing" kids' childhoods. The country of Denmark is proposing a social media ban for children under the age of 15. Danish Prime Minister Mette ...
Religion Dispatches

Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning conspiracy theories on their phones?

Cell phone bans in K-12 institutions were a hot topic this back-to-school season. All 50 states and D.C. have instituted some version of a cell phone ban at the state or district level. These bans are ...
Reuters

California limits on 'addictive' social media feeds for children largely upheld

Sept 9 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court largely upheld a California law on Tuesday making it illegal, absent parental permission, for social media companies to provide children with "addictive ...