Malaysian police rescue 400 children from care homes after sex abuse claims | Sexual Assault News

Malaysian police rescue 400 children from care homes after sex abuse claims | Sexual Assault News

Warning: The story below contains details about abuse in care homes. Malaysian authorities have rescued more than 400 children suspected of being sexually and physically abused at charity homes run by a prominent business group, police said. Following coordinated raids on 20 premises across two states on Wednesday, police rescued…

Video: Family mourns 10-year-old girl killed in her roller skates in Gaza | Child Rights

Video: Family mourns 10-year-old girl killed in her roller skates in Gaza | Child Rights

NewsFeed 10-year-old Tala Abu Ajwa was playing in pink roller skates when she was killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza. Her family have been talking about their grief. Published On 9 Sep 20249 Sep 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook Original Source

US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy | Social Media News

US DOJ files lawsuit against TikTok, ByteDance for failing on child privacy | Social Media News

The US alleges that for years millions of American children under 13 have been using TikTok and the site ‘has been collecting and retaining’ their data. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and parent company ByteDance for failing to protect children’s privacy on…

US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content | Social Media News

US Senate passes bill to protect children from dangerous online content | Social Media News

The United States Senate has overwhelmingly passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content, pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm they cause. The bill, which passed 91-3 on Tuesday, was pushed…

Childhood trauma damages society – why aren’t our leaders recognising it? | Child Rights

Childhood trauma damages society – why aren’t our leaders recognising it? | Child Rights

Twenty-five years ago a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that, in the United States, traumatic life experiences during childhood and adolescence are far more common than was expected. The participants in that study were mostly white, middle-class, well-educated, and in possession of good…

US surgeon general calls for warning labels on social media platforms | Social Media News

US surgeon general calls for warning labels on social media platforms | Social Media News

The United States surgeon general has called on Congress to require social media platforms to carry warning labels on their effects on young people’s lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in The New York Times, Dr Vivek Murthy said that social media…

Violations against children in conflict reach ‘extreme levels’, UN says | United Nations News

Violations against children in conflict reach ‘extreme levels’, UN says | United Nations News

Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023 with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries, including in the occupied Palestinian territory, a United Nations report has found. Children were “killed and maimed in unprecedented numbers in devastating crises”, notably in the Gaza Strip,…

UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict | Gaza News

UN adding Israel to ‘blacklist’ of countries harming children in conflict | Gaza News

The United Nations is adding Israel to its so-called “blacklist” of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, an Israeli diplomat has confirmed, as thousands of Palestinian children have been killed in the Israeli military’s continued assault on the Gaza Strip. In a social media post on…