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Meta activates Facebook ‘teen accounts’ worldwide
Teen accounts offer additional security settings, content restrictions and parental controls for users aged 13 to 17
‘Fuelling sexism’: AI ‘bikini interview’ videos flood internet
Hordes of AI clips featuring scantily clad girls spark concern about the harm such content may pose to women
Stressed UK teens seek influencers’ help for exams success
Educators and examiners are concerned some pupils are relying too much on online advice
YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
Machine learning will be used to estimate the age of users based on a variety of factors
Italian Brainrot: the AI memes only kids know
Cartoonish AI creatures have fast become memes, inspiring a stream of new online content
Dangerous dreams: Inside internet’s ‘sleepmaxxing’ craze
Experts raise alarm about some trending activities and products purported to optimise sleep quality
Vatican embraces social media ‘digital missionaries’
Pope calls on Catholic influencers to create content for those who ‘need to know the Lord’
Australia to ban under-16s from YouTube
Government taking action after four-in-10 Australian children reported viewing harmful content on YouTube
Five EU states to test age-check app to protect children online
European Commission has unveiled the prototype of an age-verification app that Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain will customise in the coming months
Dutch suggest social media ban for under-15s
Country is the latest to propose curbs on platforms such as TikTok and SnapChat over mental health concerns