TikTok tests new ‘Re-Post’ option
- TikTok is testing a new ‘Repost’ option that enables users to re-share TikTok clips to their followers.
- This feature aims to boost clip distribution by sharing it in the ‘Following’ and ‘For You’ feeds.
- A ‘Repost’ button appears in the sharing options of each video.
- Any reshared videos will be displayed as ‘Reposted’.
- The feature is only available for some users and a wide release date hasn’t been made available.
- Full story, here.
Childline warns of increase in self-harm and suicidal ideation
- Childline has reported a surge in young callers expressing suicidal thoughts in recent weeks following a growing sense of anxiety about the pandemic.
- Over the past month, between 25 to 30 children a week have contacted ChildLine about suicidal feelings.
- Most calls with suicide ideation have been made by young girls, while boys tend to use the service more overall.
- This follows a report about an increase in calls made about loneliness, peaking at nearly 600 counselling sessions for December alone.
- Full story, here.
Emotional abuse of children in UK
- A statistical briefing by the NSPCC highlights the occurrence of emotional abuse of children across the UK.
- There were over 34,000 police-recorded offences related to emotional abuse in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2019/20.
- Around 1 in 15 children in the UK have been emotionally abused by a parent or carer.
- Emotional abuse is the most common concern in Wales, second most recorded in England and Scotland and third recorded concern in Northern Ireland.
- Full briefing, here.
‘No Executive agreement’ on raising age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland
- Moves to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Northern Ireland appear to have halted.
- Justice Minister, Naomi Long reports that Executive support for the proposals “has not be forthcoming”.
- Currently, the threshold at which a person can be arrested and charged with a crime in NI is 10 years old.
- This is one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in Europe.
- Full story, here.