US President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday attempting to restrict birthright citizenship for certain non-citizens and ban birth tourism, following a recent Supreme Court ruling upholding the 150-year-old policy.
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567 million and overhaul Facebook and Instagram operations for young users after ruling the tech giant created a public nuisance that harmed children's mental health.
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m into a youth mental health fund, bringing its total penalties from a landmark trial to $942m for harming children and concealing child sexual exploitation.
Hong Kong is actively considering a dedicated offence to target persistent child sexual abuse after over 90% of public consultation suggestions supported modernising sex crime laws.
A US judge in New Mexico has ordered Meta to pay an additional $567m for failing to warn the public about child safety dangers on its platforms, bringing total fines in the case to $942m.
Child welfare and rights agencies across Australia condemn Queensland's proposed youth offender boot camps, warning that children as young as 10 face abuse risks and operators could be exempt from reporting harm.
Former UK cabinet minister Alan Milburn led a delegation to Dublin to investigate Ireland's rapid reduction in young people not in education, employment or training (Neet), seeking policy lessons for Britain.
Security researchers Vangelis Stykas and Felipe Solferini demonstrated at the Black Hat conference that tens of millions of cheap GPS smartwatches and car trackers across dozens of brands rely on just three vulnerable Shenzhen-based supply chains, exposing users to remote tracking, audio eavesdropping, and camera hijacking.
Nachdem im Juni eine irrtümliche Festnahme der Tierärztin Sophie Dennison-Gibby am Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. stattfand, weil sie Müll aus dem Wasser holte, spricht sie über die Belastung und die falschen Vandalismus-Vorwürfe.
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, hosts Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger discuss ICE collecting DNA from nearly a million people including young children, Google's quick retreat from a controversial AI-powered Google Earth feature, and the White House's secretive new AI cybersecurity framework.
Google Wallet now enables parents to establish a secure balance for minors under 18, featuring spending limits, transaction monitoring, and account locking capabilities.
Polish ultra-swimmer Bartlomiej Kubkowski became the first person to complete an unassisted, non-stop 160-kilometer swim across the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Poland in 55 hours and 10 minutes, raising nearly $190,000 for children with cancer.
Britain cleared Paramount Skydance’s US$110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery after the CMA and culture minister found no competition or media plurality threats, while the merger still faces legal hurdles in the US.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has ordered an urgent review into whether grooming gang members convicted of indecent assault could be freed under an early release scheme, following concerns raised by Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
Bogotá, with nearly 900,000 daily bicycle trips, aims to achieve gender parity in cycling by 2039. Currently, women account for only 28% of trips. The city is addressing safety concerns and social barriers through infrastructure improvements, bike schools, and initiatives like Mamacitas en Bici, which encourages mothers to cycle.
Over 750,000 Child Trust Fund (CTF) accounts in the UK, with an estimated £83M unclaimed in Wales alone, are awaiting collection by young adults who may be unaware of the funds set up for them by the government between 2002 and 2011.
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens calls for internal reflection on the circumstances leading to a murder-suicide involving Helena Wright and her children, while cautioning against assumptions about handling the case differently.
The Trump administration proposes to overhaul Head Start, reducing federal regulations to encourage local decision-making, sparking concerns it may undermine the program's quality and effectiveness for vulnerable children.
China's national childcare subsidy, while encouraging, may not sufficiently address the falling birth rate as it fails to account for the broader costs of motherhood, particularly the impact on women's careers and the need for gender equality.
The federal government plans to award $150 million to Burke Law Group, a small Texas firm with Trump administration ties, to represent unaccompanied migrant children in custody, raising concerns from immigrant advocates over the firm's lack of relevant experience.
An Indian-origin man and four co-defendants were convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court of over 40 offences including human trafficking, rape, and child sexual exploitation targeting three teenage girls in North Wales.
Malaysian-Australian author, poet, and artist Omar Musa has won the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Fierceland, drawing on his upbringing in Queanbeyan and extensive research in Malaysian Borneo.
An 86-year-old former Catholic priest, Neville Joseph Creen, faces trial for alleged child sexual abuse in the 1970s. The jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict after a three-day trial in the Townsville District Court.
Parents of Lila Dripps-Weir, a severely disabled Northern Irish toddler who died at age two, are campaigning to remove age restrictions on disability vehicles and continence products for children dependent on them.
