When parents with children on two-wheelers stop at traffic signals, the police are explaining to them the importance of safety harness and helmets for children. The Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) will soon start booking cases against parents who fail to ensure their children, aged nine months to four years, wear a safety harness belt and …
Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has taken a proactive step towards safeguarding children in the digital world by holding a crucial dialogue with several electronic system organisers. It aims to formulate effective regulations for child protection, ensuring that they are not only legally robust but also easily implementable across diverse digital platforms. The discussion …
Efforts to Safeguard Children in Indonesia’s Digital Ecosystem Read More »
It’s called ROOST and it’s building open-source safety tools. Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google are launching a nonprofit organization called ROOST, or Robust Open Online Safety Tools, which hopes “to build scalable, interoperable safety infrastructure suited for the AI era.” The organization plans on providing free, open-source safety tools to public and private organizations to use on …
Roblox, Discord, OpenAI and Google found new child safety group Read More »
Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among children in India. Read below to find out more. A national roadmap for child and adolescent road safety in India was released today by UNICEF in collaboration with the WHO Collaborating Centre for Injury Prevention and Safety at the National Institute of Mental Health and …
UNICEF and NIMHANS released National roadmap for child road safety Read More »
UNICEF emphasizes the importance of protecting child health through robust regulation over products intended for their consumption, including breast milk substitutes. It is critical that agencies mandated to protect public health, such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), maintain their authority to ensure these products meet high safety standards that protect children from potential …
