A 16-year-old boy from North Carolina in the USA was severely disfigured, with burns covering nearly 80 percent of his body after he participated in a dangerous Tik Tok challenge. The New York Post reported. The latest TikTok trend sees users trying to make the blowtorch using a lighter and a spray can. According to his family […]
Social media platform TikTok On Wednesday announced it will roll out a new screen time limit for users under 18. With this, teenagers will only have 60 minutes of screen time per day. This, the organization said, will help teens manage their time on TikTok. The default time limit for eligible accounts is expected to arrive […]
Tennessee’s governor, Bill Lee, has signed laws banning drag performances in front of children and restricting medical treatment for transgender teenagers. Violators of the new drag law, Tennessee in the United State of America, will face nearly a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,500 or Ksh.250, 000 as reported by BBC. […]
Beatrice Mwende, mwalimu wa Hisabati anayeishi Naivasha ambaye aliwaua watoto wake wanne mnamo Juni 2020, atatumikia kifungo cha maisha jela kwa mauaji hayo. Jaji wa Mahakama Kuu ya Naivasha Grace Nzioka alipuuzilia mbali utetezi wa Mwende kwamba alikuwa na mapepo alipowaua binti zake watatu na mwanawe mmoja. Mfungwa huyo mwenye umri wa miaka […]
A new app designed to reduce online viewing of child sexual abuse material has received £1.8m of funding from the European Union. This app called Salus a , Protech project, is expected to work in real time where it will utilize artificial intelligence to identify potential child sexual abuse material and stop users from seeing it In […]
A report by the National Syndemic Diseases and Control Council (NSDCC) indicates that grandfathers are perpetrators of most gender-based violence and incest against girls. They are followed by fathers, uncles and relatives in that order with the report showing an increase of the vice in 37 counties, among them Nairobi, Homa Bay, Siaya, Bungoma, Kakamega, […]
Kenya Films and Classification Board has launched a digital literacy program to help parents and guardians improve their skills on how to protect children from online harm in their care. The program was launched yesterday as Kenya joined the world to mark World Safe Internet Day. The Agency said the move was necessitated by the […]
To protect minors from online bullying and sexual exploitation, the government has moved in to formulate Child Online Protection and Safety regulations. This will be a collaboration between the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK) where they will be formulating the rules as reported by KBC. Speaking to the […]
The U.N. General Assembly on Monday approved a resolution dedicating November 18th as a day to underscore sexual exploitation and abuse of children. The resolution proclaims set aside this date as the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence. The day aims to stress the need for […]
Directorate of children services representative Charles Ondongo, leads pupils of Mukuru Primary School, Nairobi, in the official launch of the Safe Community Linkages for Internet Child Safety (Safe CLICS) programme. Photo courtesy of ChildFund Kenya. ChildFund Kenya has launched Ksh 115 million project to help fight Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OCSEA) in […]