The US Senate passed major online child safety reforms in a vote on Tuesday, but the legislation faces an uncertain fate in the House of Representatives. Two bills – the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, nicknamed Coppa 2.0 and Kosa – would need to pass in the...Read More

SAHUARITA, Ariz. (KGUN) — Teaching children about personal safety and boundaries can be a difficult conversation—but one Southern Arizona nonprofit is making it easier by adding some familiar, friendly faces. At The Rock Church of Sahuarita, characters like Moana, Princess Elsa and Steve from Minecraft helped bring an important message to life: learning to say...Read More

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — The U.S. Senate passed two major online child safety reforms July 30, but the bills face an uncertain future in the House. The bills — the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, sometimes called COPPA 2.0 and KOSA — were approved by the upper...Read More

The isolation of spring 2020 sent Lindsay Richmond’s 13-year-old son AJ into severe depression. Born with a traumatic brain injury, he’d been diagnosed in kindergarten with a serious emotional disability and severe ADHD. Stuck at home during the early months of the pandemic, his mental health declined. That fall he was briefly admitted to a...Read More

The U.S. Senate has approved the nation’s first major legislation aimed at protecting children from internet harms. Two bills passed the Senate by a vote of 91-3 on Tuesday. But the measures will also need to be passed by the U.S. House of Representatives to become law. It is currently unclear whether the House will...Read More

NEW YORK: Border authorities have arrested an Indian citizen living illegally in the US wanted for child predator charges. Gurdev Singh, 42, was arrested Wednesday by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Champlain border crossing in New York. Singh had an active felony arrest warrant from Indiana. Singh was processed...Read More

Endnotes 1. DeVos, B., Nielsen, K. M., & Azar, A. M. (2018). Final Report of the Federal Commission on School Safety. Presented to the President of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from: https://www2.ed.gov/documents/school-safety/school-safety-report.pdf 2. Ibid 1. 3. Ibid 1. 4. Gulbrandson, K. (2018). Character education and SEL: What You Should Know....Read More

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – Eight men from the Midlands are facing charges after an undercover online operation on social media conducted by several law enforcement divisions, including Irmo Police. According to officials, investigators posed as either a child or an adult with access to children. During the operation, multiple suspected predators not only contacted them...Read More

SOUTH JORDAN — Now more than five weeks since she was last seen, the investigation into a 15-year-old girl’s disappearance has revealed little information about where she is, but it has turned up a growing string of adult men now accused of sexual exploitation. 15-year-old Alisa Petrov vanished on April 21. On Wednesday, 41-year-old Samuel...Read More

Apple has its share of frenemies, and Meta is certainly one of them. Though the two companies have a mutually beneficial relationship, they have often found themselves in deep points of conflict. The latest drama? Per The Wall Street Journal, Meta lobbied to make Apple a responsible party in a child safety bill, but Apple’s...Read More