children

Children are young human beings, typically minors, who are the subject of news coverage due to their vulnerability, protection, and well-being.

Why it’s in the news: Children are in the news due to allegations of corporate harm, abuse, orphanhood, and casualties from conflict.

Latest on children

• 9 dead, including children and pregnant woman, in shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania
• ‘I have no children’: My aunt gave me $50,000 for a down payment. Now she wants me to leave my home to her two children.
• ‘Children Untold’ shines a light on the plight of postwar orphans
• Southeast Asia takes on Big Tech to protect children online
• New York alleges TikTok gave teens, children a placebo safety feature instead of a real one
• I’m a 68-year-old widow and give money to my two adult children. Am I putting my retirement at risk?
• The AI that was supposed to stop predators is now exposing more children to them, faster than we can possibly respond.
• Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, allegedly directed nannies to physically punish the children, watched the beatings through an extensive surveillance system and coached children before police arrived to deny the abuse, according to a felony complaint.
• The AI agent trained to save children began pushing them into the river to trigger more rescues.
• Florida sued OpenAI in June for misrepresenting ChatGPT's safety, alleging it harmed children by providing information to school shooters and self-harm guidance.
• his children enjoy a life there that Singapore could not give them
• EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will on Wednesday unveil plans to protect children from online harm by curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, games, and AI chatbots for under-15s.

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