Australia Bans Kids Under 16 from Social Media in Bold Move Against Big Tech
Australia’s social media ban for under-16s ignites debate on shielding kids from Big Tech.
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Australia’s social media ban for under-16s ignites debate on shielding kids from Big Tech.
A new EU agenda prioritizes security, but at what cost to social justice and climate action?
As remote work rises, micromanagement can blur into bullying, impacting employee well-being and workplace culture.
Europe can’t solve its migration crisis without tackling Africa’s poverty and instability at the source.
The EU has its first Commissioner for Housing, Dan Jørgensen, but his mission will only succeed if the EU manages to come up with a joined-up approach.
The recent AI Nobel Prize win and California’s vetoed AI safety bill highlight the growing trend of placing our future in the hands of private corporations, with little public accountability.
The debate on AI and job loss misses the deeper impact: by automating creativity, we risk devaluing the very essence of human expression.
Recent UBI trials reveal that guaranteed income provides immediate mental health relief, but sustaining long-term benefits may depend on lasting economic security.
What should Europe do about inequality? The start is to recognise some of its citizens are more equal than others.
Europe’s love for flowers, Ankita Anand writes, ignores their often tainted roots.
The corrosion of trust underlies many of the social pathologies of today—but there are solutions.
Effective transnational co-operation is required to protect third-country posted workers from abuses.
Laggard European Union member states must act to ensure abolition of sub-minimum rates of pay.
Inequality has been falling across Europe. But a backlash driven by fiscal ‘discipline’ and ‘competitiveness’ could reverse that.
Europe’s housing crisis can be solved. But a range of policy tools is needed to do so.
Frank Vandenbroucke, Francesco Corti and Gerrit Van de Mosselaer
The Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU has set the social-policy ambition for the next European Commission to follow.
The Paralympics highlight the need for year-round activity to include people with disabilities in sports.
In the face of the threat from the far right, trade unions represent democracy’s strongest supporters.
Ursula von der Leyen, reaffirmed, promised initiatives on affordable housing and poverty. Ending poverty by 2040 should be the goal.
Revenge pornography is rife in the western Balkans. Ahead of EU accession, abuse laws need radical reform.
A worker-centred agenda from the new UK government could counterbalance the European shift to the right.