ITANAGAR, July 31: Pema Khandu on Friday called for stronger regional cooperation among North Eastern states to address emerging threats facing children, including human trafficking, online exploitation, substance abuse, child marriage, and cross-border vulnerabilities. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day North East State Commissions for Protection of Child Rights (NE SCPCR) Convention 2026 here,...Read More
“Kids and their phones these days” has been a complaint ever since the first cellular phone was introduced. However, there has been growing concern over the amount of time children spend not just on their phone, but scrolling through social media. The state of New York is hoping to address this issue through their finalized...Read More
ILLINOIS (KFVS) – Governor JB Pritzker signed the Children’s Social Media Safety Act into law on Friday morning, July 31. The bill was designed to protect children on social media. It was passed unanimously in both chambers. “Big social media companies understand and have confessed to how their platforms and addictive algorithms harm our children...Read More
A former correctional services officer who once supervised and taught juvenile offenders has built a second career in cybersecurity. He is using skills developed behind prison walls to help defend one of South Africa’s retail technology networks from cyberthreats. Edward Adonis, 48, spent 14 years at Drakenstein Correctional Services in the Western Cape, where he...Read More
The FBI indicates that a growing number of water systems in the US have been fending off cyberattacks aimed at disrupting their operations. The incidents began on Monday and involved water and wastewater utility companies in at least seven US states. “Some of that activity degraded water operations,” the agency said in a Thursday...Read More
The man who uncovered a major celebrity data leak has a bleak warning about the ‘super scary’ capabilities of AI, and it has nothing to do with losing your job. An ethical researcher with 15 years experience, Jeremiah Fowler, has found significant data breaches at companies and governments and seen the damage cybercriminals can do...Read More
The company said that the Play Signal API, currently available in Brazil, will be rolled out in Australia and Canada by mid-August, before becoming available globally across all markets by the end of 2026. Google confirmed that the new system does not allow apps to access sensitive personal information, such as users’ dates of birth....Read More
The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against the social...Read More
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Just days after an out of state abduction made headlines with an arrest locally, state leaders and law enforcement are joining forces to protect children online. As we’ve reported, a Blacksburg man now faces 55 new charges in Montgomery County after he was accused of kidnapping a Milwaukee teenager and holding...Read More
Cybercriminals have allegedly developed a new network by misusing people’s identities and mobile connection systems to carry out online fraud. Investigation into the ₹70 lakh digital arrest fraud case involving former airport director Bholanath Prasad Bhagat has revealed that additional SIM cards issued using Aadhaar cards and other identity documents were allegedly being supplied to...Read More
