Florida and New Jersey officials are raising concerns about child safety on Roblox and Discord, focusing on potential online predators. Florida’s Attorney General subpoenaed Roblox to investigate its marketing strategies and safety measures for young users. New Jersey officials are examining Discord’s monitoring of interactions to protect minors from harmful conversations, potentially leading to stricter …
Exclusive: Gaming platform accused of ‘troubling disconnect between child-friendly appearance and reality’ “Deeply disturbing” research exposes how easy it is for children to encounter inappropriate content and interact unsupervised with adults on the gaming platform Roblox. It comes as parents shared their serious concerns about children experiencing addiction, seeing traumatising content and being approached by strangers on …
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The University of Kentucky Public Relations & Strategic Communications Office provides a weekly health column available for use and reprint by news media. This week’s column is by Christina L. Howard, M.D., chief of pediatric forensic medicine at Kentucky Children’s Hospital and director of the Kosair for Kids Center for Safe and Healthy Families. Every April, the nation …
The interim government and law enforcement should ensure immediate action and accountability for all reported cases of violence against children through strengthened investigation, prosecution, and judicial processes, said Rana Flowers, Unicef representative to Bangladesh. “I am profoundly horrified by the alarming rise in reported cases of sexual violence against children, especially girls, in Bangladesh over …
Researchers at the University of Houston, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, are developing new devices for treating children with hyperleukocytosis, a condition that develops when the body has an extremely high number of white blood cells, often due to leukemia. Leukemia is the most common type of cancer in children, with an annual incidence …
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