Up for discussion in the Guardian tech newsletter: Instagram, Tik Tok and YouTube implement new rules … CGI CEOs … and unpleasant rightwing ‘lolz’ in KabulI bring good news: regulation works.The last month has brought a flurry of changes to major tech …
‘Systematic failings’ in England’s care system as boy restrained in hospital
High court hears incident meant other seriously ill children had to be moved to nearby hospitalsThe “shameful” case of a violent 12-year-old boy who was detained in hospital by 15 police officers illustrates the “systemic failings” in England’s care sy…
A childhood desire to wear women’s pants has returned. Is it perverted? | Ask Annalisa
Don’t be ashamed. Shame is for the other people in your life who failed you, says Annalisa BarbieriAs a child, I stole a pair of my mother’s high-waisted, pink and white nylon knickers and wore them under my short trousers to school. I was six years ol…
When moral pieties get in the way of doing the right thing, children suffer | Sonia Sodha
The 1980s child abuse scandal reminds us that now, as then, being ‘on the side of the angels’ has to be backed with actionA council’s most important job is not emptying the bins or filling in potholes, the stuff most people see day to day. It has by fa…
Police review teen killings in search of catalyst for spike in murders
Pilot scheme hopes to discover patterns that will help prevent more deathsMeasures are being introduced to try to identify what is driving rising murder rates in the wake of a spike in teenage deaths in some of the UK’s homicide hotspots.All homicides …