Parents should heed social media warnings given to their kids

Parents should heed social media warnings given to their kids

Eastern suburbs private school Cranbrook had to write to parents last week to shut down rumours spread on WhatsApp.

UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s

Four senior officers say more controls needed, amid claims platforms are ‘fuelling and enabling’ crimeSenior UK police officers have called for the government to ban children under 16 from social media, amid claims the platforms are “fuelling and enabling” crime.In the most recent development in the moral panic that has gripped the media since Netflix’s Adolescence was released, four of the most senior policing figures in the country told the Ti…

We need a social media ban for under-16s, police chiefs say

Some of Britain’s most senior policing figures told The Times that young people needed to be protected from violence, extremism and misogyny online