The Facebook boss faced the parents of victims in Senate hearings, but until legislators finally stand up to social media giants, nothing will change
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eParenting and Parenting in the 21st Century
eParenting used to mean keeping your kids safe on the Internet, however now it has a wider scope including parenting with the use of technology, and distance parenting. Curated by Peter Mellow |
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The Facebook boss faced the parents of victims in Senate hearings, but until legislators finally stand up to social media giants, nothing will change
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New bill tabled in California would allow parents to sue social media giants if they can demonstrate their child was harmed by their online time.
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The preponderance of the evidence suggests that social media is causing real damage to adolescents.
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There is ample research about how harmful Instagram is for teen girls, especially around body image. It turns out Facebook’s own research confirms it.
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It had evidence Instagram was a harmful place for young people - but failed to share its findings.
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In many cases, the children did not realise that their parents' credit cards were attached to games or that they were spending real dollars, they argue.
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 My daughter is just shy of her ninth birthday. In her eyes, this is old. Old enough to have her ears pierced. Old enough to ride the BIG roller coaster. Old enough to go to the park alone. O…
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Facebook is adding a "sleep" mode to its Messenger Kids service.
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This year more than 3 million under-25s in the UK and US are expected to leave the site
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More than 100 child advocates, civil society groups and medical experts are urging Facebook to discontinue its Messenger app for kids, alleging that the software poses health and development risks to children.
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Child development advocates wrote a letter to Mark Zuckerberg urging him to shut down the Messenger Kids chat app.
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Italian boy, 16, took his mother to court over images she posted to Facebook.
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At the moment, Messenger Kids is only available in the US; before it inevitably arrives in Australia and elsewhere, parents and caregivers need to decide whether they're comfortable exchanging some of their children's data for the functionality that the new app provides.
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Experts agree that excessive screen time is already a health hazard for children. Yet the tech giant wants to target them at an even younger age, writes author Nancy Jo Sales
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Many parents are fearful about their children being online. Messaging services for children could help both kids and parents learn how to communicate safely and respectfully in the digital space.
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The move gives Facebook a way to court younger users, with their parents permission. It also puts the social network at the heart of the ongoing debate about how and when children should start using digital products.
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You have many jobs as a parent: to provide, to educate, to show love. The list goes on, but fundamentally the most important job of all is to keep your child safe. I failed to do that and I can’t turn back the clock; I can’t erase what happened and I have to live with it every day and accept it. It’s not a good feeling.
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Brooke Miranda Hughes was live-streaming when a tractor-trailer plowed into the back of her car on Interstate 380 in Pennsylvania. Hughes and her passenger, Chaniya Morrison-Toomey, were killed in the crash.
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Greenwich Compliments posts kind words about the residents of a Connecticut town—and it’s running into trouble with Facebook’s harassment policies.
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Facebook has launched a new social media app, without privacy settings, aimed at young people in school.
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As a child, it's expected that the conversation will revolve around you. As a teenager, there is often little you want to hear less than your mom or dad's opinion. But as an adult, there is so much to be gained from flipping the dynamic and asking your parents to talk to you.
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Parents who post pictures of their children on social media are putting them at risk, a detective heading the crusade against online child abuse says.