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By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for social media platforms for systemic breaches. Australia plans to trial an age-verification system…
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is funding IVF treatments for women using his sperm.AltraVita IVF Clinic in Moscow confirmed the program, which it said is open to Russian women.Durov said in July that he has fathered more than 100 children over 15 years of sperm donation. Pavel Durov, the billionaire CEO…
A federal judge said Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in over two dozen lawsuits.The lawsuits say Zuckerberg’s platforms are addictive to children.Plaintiffs said Meta knew Instagram and Facebook posed health risks to its users, especially kids. A federal judge said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not personally liable in…
By Jatindra , Saurabh Sharma and Ira Dugal ODISHA, India (Reuters) – Nearly two years of elevated food inflation in India is leaving less in the lunch boxes of impoverished children, as government funded school meals suffer cutbacks because of rising prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses. The three-decades old…
Monet Hambrick, an avid traveler, documents her family vacations on her blog, The Traveling Child.Her kids, Jordyn, 10, and Kennedy, 8, have done activities like hang-gliding, which she’s scared of.She’s gotten flak online for the activities she lets them do, but she believes fear is taught. This as-told-to essay is…
Sean “Diddy” Combs, his family members, and former partners have all been placed under a microscope since he was arrested last week. Now, four of Combs’ seven children are condemning “hurtful and false rumors” about their late mother, Kim Porter.Combs was indicted on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges by federal prosecutors…
The fight in a nutshell: Rupert Murdoch’s wealth is tied up in controlling stakes of his two companies — News Corp, which owns properties like the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, and Fox Corp., which owns Fox News and the Fox broadcasting network. Control of those stakes…
A recent sleepover made me consider how different my childhood was compared to my children’s. Sleepovers were a common experience for me growing up; most Fridays were spent sleeping over at one person’s house, and the next night, they would come over and sleep at mine.Due to distance and scheduling,…
More children fell into poverty last year — and it could signal a major issue for both candidates as the presidential election heats up.From 2022 to 2023, the number of children in poverty rose by 979,000, bringing the total number of people under age 18 in poverty last year to…
On an impromptu trip to the beach with my son, Finch, and another mother-and-son duo, I found myself sitting alone at the beach house’s kitchen table. Liz Labby, the other mom, had taken our two 7-year-olds to the fishing supply store to acquire some crabbing gear, allowing me to work…
