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Nigerian extradited to US to face charges over nude photo that led to teen's death
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Nigerian man has been extradited to the U.S. and charged with causing the death of a South Carolina teen who took his own life after the suspect posed as a woman and tried to extort the teen after he sent nude photos, prosecutors say. The teenager was the...
Why were warning signs missed for the UK teen who killed 3 girls in a stabbing rampage?
LONDON (AP) — Six months after a teenage attacker stabbed three girls to death at a children’s dance class in England, new details about his background have sparked questions about how authorities repeatedly failed to spot the threat he posed. Officials revealed this week that...
Program to prevent cyberbullying in tennis has reported 15 abusive posters to law enforcement
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The identities of 15 “highly abusive account authors” were reported to national law enforcement and about 12,000 posts or comments were pointed out to social media platforms this year as part of a new attempt to protect tennis players and officials from...
Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam. Mac Holdsworth died last year at his Melbourne family home at the...
Australia rejects Elon Musk's claim that it plans to control access to the internet
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian Cabinet minister on Friday rejected X Corp. owner Elon Musk’s allegation that the government intended to control all Australians' access to the internet through legislation that would ban young children from social media. Treasurer Jim...
Australia's parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s communications minister introduced a world-first law into Parliament on Thursday that would ban children under 16 from social media, saying online safety was one of parents’ toughest challenges. Michelle Rowland said TikTok, Facebook,...
Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday. “The Digital Duty of Care will place the onus on...
