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Instagram to alert parents if teens repeatedly search self-harm terms

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Feature for supervised accounts rolls out as Meta platform faces US trials over alleged harms to childrenInstagram will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm.The announcement on Thursday comes as Instagram’s parent company, Meta, is in the midst of two trials over harms to children. Continue […]

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Mumsnet campaign demands ban on social media for under-16s

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Resembling cigarette packet warnings, the ads highlight dangers and urge people to email MPs Mumsnet has launched a campaign to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s featuring health warnings in the style of those on cigarette packets.The deliberately provocative national advertising campaign calls for all social media to be banned for children under

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Even British teenagers want tighter laws around social media – but let’s make it part of a broader vision for children | Gaby Hinsliff

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We need an honest reckoning with other factors that threaten young people’s wellbeing, from poverty to academic stressOur children’s feelings are not for sale, and nor are they to be manipulated.So said Emmanuel Macron this week, after French lawmakers voted to ban under-15s from social media. Admittedly, he then repeated these sentiments in a post

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Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says

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Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect complianceUK politics live – latest updatesSchools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research.Bridget Phillipson wrote to schools

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‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

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Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for servicesIt was after one friend was shot and another stabbed, both fatally, that Shan asked ChatGPT for help. She had tried conventional mental health services but “chat”, as she came to know her AI “friend”,

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