7 h. ago Ofcom boss: Tech firms not given much power over how to protect children online

Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes defended reforms coming into effect on July 25.

Economics

3 d. ago Ofcom data shows 1 in 10 children have seen adult content online – how to have the safety talk at any age

Alarming new figures show children as young as eight were seeing content for a much older audience 📱

Politics

3 d. ago Children’s online posts reveal trauma of living with health issues

Ninety-four per cent of the comments posted online were classed as negative

Society

9 d. ago Republicans slammed online for celebrating children going hungry and millions losing Medicaid from Trump’s bill

Republicans gave thumbs up and danced in the House as they celebrated stripping health insurance from millions of fellow Americans.

Politics

1 week ago Will covering your child’s face with an emoji actually protect their privacy?

Plenty of parents see covering up their children’s faces online as a happy medium, allowing them to share family snaps without encroaching on their privacy. But is this actually effective, or just a way of making us feel better? Katie Rosseinsky asks the experts

Politics

2 w. ago ‘I don’t think my brain should have gone through that’: five young people on their experience of smartphones as teens

What do people who got – and one who didn’t get – internet-connected phones in their adolescence actually think about the impact they had on them?Debate and anxiety about teen and preteen access to smartphones and social media is raging. One paper has likened smartphones to a “parasite” on our brains, while another study suggests moderate use of social media does not have a harmful effect on young people. In the US more than 100,000 parents have joined an online pledge to delay giving children smartphones until at least the eighth grade and in Australia a ban on under-16s using social media will come into effect in December. Despite all this, OECD figures released in May show 70% of 10-year-olds and 98% of 15-year-olds have internet-connected smartphones.So is giving teenagers smartphones that big a deal? Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago UK study shows 8% of children aged eight to 14 have viewed online pornography

Ofcom says research shows need for stricter age checks being introduced in July, which most major sites have signed up toNearly one in 10 children aged eight to 14 have watched online pornography, according to the UK’s communications watchdog, as most adult content providers gear up to adopt stronger age checks ahead of a 25 July deadline.Ofcom published research showing that 8% of children aged eight to 14 in the UK had visited an online pornography site or app over a month-long period. Boys aged 13 to 14 were the most likely viewers, with two out of 10 visiting adult sites. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Football coach plundered thousands raised by parents to send children on dream football tour on online roulette

Michael Grisedale, 39, had claimed he was organising a once in a lifetime opportunity for his young team to play in the Spanish competition The Barcelona Experience.

Society

3 w. ago Third of kid's sunglasses from Amazon and Temu 'unsafe' and 'illegal' in the UK

A recent Which? investigation found that a third of children's sunglasses bought from online marketplaces including Amazon, AliExpress, eBay and Temu did not provide the required protection and were unsafe

Events

3 w. ago Heartbreaking reason Prince Harry changed his mind on sharing photos of children

A source claimed that Prince Harry might be happy to share photos of his children online in the hope that his father, King Charles, could see them and 'realise what he's missing'

Politics

3 w. ago Heartbreaking 'reason' Prince Harry changed his mind on sharing photos of his children

A source claimed claimed that Prince Harry might be happy to share photos of his children online in the hope that his father, King Charles, could see them and 'realise what he's missing'

Politics

3 w. ago Insider claims there is one heartbreaking reason behind Harry's change of heart about letting Archie and Lilibet's photos be posted

The Daily Mail's Spotlight has spoken to an insider who claims that the real reason Prince Harry is suddenly happy to see his children's faces shared online is a 'desperate' one.

Culture

3 w. ago Police say a German man engaged in cybergrooming and pressured a US teen to kill himself

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of engaging in an online campaign of cybergrooming and virtual sexual abuse of children

Events

3 w. ago EU accuses China’s AliExpress of ‘systemic failure’ over illegal goods

Regulators say online retailer failing to do enough to prevent sale of unsafe children’s toys, among other itemsThe European Commission has accused the online retailer AliExpress of a “systemic failure” to prevent the sale of illegal and dangerous goods on its platform, as Brussels steps up its case against the Chinese company.Issuing formal findings of an investigation launched in March last year, EU regulators said on Wednesday that AliExpress was failing to do enough to prevent the sale of counterfeit clothes and dangerous children’s toys, among other items. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago The cheap children's sunglasses with little to no UV protection

A third of children's sunglasses bought from popular online marketplaces are unsafe and do not provide the required protection, an investigation has found.

Politics

3 w. ago Third of sunglasses sold online pose risk to children’s eyesight – Which?

None of the 20 pairs of sunglasses Which? bought from online marketplaces could be sold legally in the UK, the consumer group warned.

Events

4 w. ago David Beckham's children celebrate his Knighthood but Brooklyn’s response speaks volumes

David Beckham's children have shared sweet public posts online - however, Brooklyn has decided against it.

Politics