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Parents/Carers News

07 December 2024

“Whenever there’s a gap in medicine, predators take advantage,” said Dr Gunter.
There is no evidence that highly restricted calorie diets have any positive effect, and the keto diet may make symptoms worse. Birth control pills do not cause PCOS and in fact help many women, though they don’t work for everyone. There is no known root cause for PCOS and there is no cure.

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06 December 2024

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data from the accounts of Australian adult users to train its AI models. Unlike citizens of the European Union (EU), Australians are not offered an opt-out option to refuse consent.

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03 December 2024

Stalking victims are set to be given improved protection from their abusers under newly revealed government proposals.

Additional rights for those who have been stalked include knowing the identity of online stalkers as soon as possible, the Home Office said.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged the government will use "every tool available" to take power away from abusers.

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29 November 2024

The most popular mobile games in the UK are being advertised without disclosing they contain loot boxes - random in-game purchases which critics say are "exploitative" and "foster addiction".

The regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), says it bans and removes ads which fail to make the clear whether or not a game contains a loot box.

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