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Kids allowed into Metaverse strip clubs – BBC

A BBC researcher, using the profile of a 13-year-old, visited virtual-reality rooms where avatars were simulating sex Apps in the Metaverse are allowing children to experience inappropriate context, a BBC investigation has concluded. A researcher from the public broadcasting corporation posed as a 13-year-old girl in the virtual-reality VRChat app and witnessed grooming, sexual material, […]

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Education charity recommends kids drop ‘Mr.’ and ‘Mrs.’ at school

A union-funded training session told teachers to adopt a “gender-free model” Pupils should forget about using “Mr.” and “Mrs.” and refer to staff as “teacher,” according to Dr. Elly Barnes, the chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity, The Telegraph reported on Monday. In a 90-minute lecture organized by the National Education Union (NEU), […]

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UK kids sexually exploited in ‘degrading & destructive ways’ – report

An inquiry has found children in England and Wales are being sexually exploited amid “extensive failures” by local authorities The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) warned on Tuesday that “extensive failures” from local authorities and police forces have resulted in them being unable to keep up with the changing ways children are sexually […]

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Bolsonaro wants to expose health officials who approved Covid vaccine for kids

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced his intention to reveal the identities of the officials who authorized vaccinations for children, despite them having received death threats. In October, the country’s health regulator, Anvisa, said its five directors had received emails threatening them with death if Covid-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 were approved. […]

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Kids aged 12 to be allowed gender change in a EU country – draft bill

The Swedish government has proposed to allow children as young as 12 to change their legal gender without medical examination or approval. A draft legislation states that only guardian consent will be required. The bill, published for consultation by the Ministry for Social Affairs on Tuesday, reportedly contains two laws – one modifying current procedures […]

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Apart from words, little-to-nothing is done by French Catholic Church to protect kids, sexual abuse survivors tell RT

The French Catholic Church must move beyond apologies and admissions of guilt to truly protect children and compensate victims, sexual abuse survivors told RT. On Friday, the influential Bishops’ Conference of France (CEF) recognized that the Church bore “institutional responsibility” for scores of child abuse cases within its ranks.  The statement came a month after […]

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RT Creative Lab releases ‘Children of the Siege: VR Sketches’, animated movie dedicated to kids of Leningrad during WWII (VIDEO)

RT Creative Lab has released an animated movie, ‘Children of the Siege. VR Sketches’, dedicated to the children trapped in the city of Leningrad during the siege by Nazi forces, considered to be the deadliest in history. Over three hundred thousand children were evacuated from Leningrad in the two months after WWII began in the […]

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Indian drugs regulator backs home-grown Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 for kids aged 2 and above

The Indian drugs regulator has recommended the use of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 shot for emergency use in children aged between two and 18 years old. It will become the first shot to be used on under-12s in India. On Tuesday, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation and Subject Expert Committee said that the Covaxin shot, […]