Big tech companies will share activities that violate child exploitation policies with one another so they can more quickly remove content
Category: Family
US officials warn of dramatic rise in infant syphilis
If a pregnant women is infected and untreated, their infants can develop syphilis in utero. Minorities account for most cases, says the CDC
Confiscated French love letters finally opened after 265 years
“These letters are about universal human experiences, they’re not unique to… the 18th century,” said Cambridge professor Renaud Morieux
US Supreme Court to weigh whether abusers have right to own guns
A 2022 Supreme Court decision has forced lower courts to consider whether gun restrictions are consistent with 18th and 19th-century precedents
YouTube takes aim at teens bingeing on body image videos
YouTube limits repeated recommendations for youth of videos that idealizes some body types over others and those involving social aggression
France to make abortion rights ‘irreversible’
In a response to federal abortion rights being overturned in the US, France’s president has promised to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution
Grandma chimps offer clues for evolution of menopause in humans
Humans and some whales are the only known species in which females live long after they stop being able to reproduce
Dozens of US states sue Meta over harm to children
‘Kids are suffering from record levels of poor mental health and social media companies like Meta are to blame,’ said New York’s attorney general
Court approves historic Indigenous child welfare settlement
$23 billion to more than 300,000 children and their families, $20 billion to reform the child welfare system in Indigenous communities
Hong Kong court orders ‘alternative framework’ for LGBTQ partnerships
Hong Kong’s top court gives government two years to create an “alternative framework” that recognizes same-sex couples’ legal rights
