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Meta is being sued by the New Mexico AG's office on grounds that it did little to nothing to protect teens and preteens. The report notes that Meta is promoting child predators on its platforms.

The UK has finally passed the Online Safety Bill. It's a wide-reaching piece of legislation that aims to improve child safety online. It threatens tech bosses who don't comply with fines and jail.

Meta announced that kids aged 10 years and above will be able to use Quest VR headsets and play their favorite games. However, it will require parents to set up a managed account for their preteens.

Child safety advocates have written a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to stop plans to make his metaverse, Horizon Worlds, open to younger audiences, or risk losing their trust again.

To increase child safety online and raise awareness about the risks of harm through the internet, Google has announced a 5 million euro commitment to be divided amongst NGOs in Europe.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has laid out plans for a legislative reform in areas concerning big tech firms. The focus is on transparency of algorithms, privacy, and youth safety.

Apple has addressed privacy concerns regarding its sex abuse scanning by clarifying that the new feature would only flag accounts with at least 30 iCloud photos matching Child Sexual Abuse Material.

Apple has provided more details about its child safety photo scanning technologies that have been drawing some fire from critics. It has also described the end-to-end flow of its review process.

TikTok has joined the Technology Coalition as part of its efforts to advance a safe experience of children on its platform. This builds upon its existing measures like the Family Pairing feature.

In order to better safeguard the interests of children and keep them safe online, EE has launched a new SMS service called Set Up Safe for parents. It offers a guide to set up protective measures.

Facebook today shared its works in the past year to help combat child exploitation online using AI and machine learning. It also announced an upcoming alliance with Microsoft as part of that push.