ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for Georgia to enforce its social media parental consent law for children. Release: ATLANTA, GA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has secured a major victory in defense of SB 351, Georgia’s law that requires parental consent before social media platforms can enter into account...Read More

Prosecutors described Russell Brand as a “sexual predator” as they opened their case at his rape and sexual assault in London on Wednesday.The actor and comedian is facing three rape charges, three of sexual assault, and one of indecent assault relating to complaints made by six women between 1999 and 2009. He denies the allegations.According...Read More

Buena Vista Police Department (BVPD) vehicle. Photo by Carly Winchell. Local law enforcement leaders responded to a rumor regarding illegal activity in the Chaffee County area. In a comment on an unrelated report from Ark Valley Voice (AVV), Douggy De Guadalupe Stinnett alleged that there was a “child predator” ring “running rampant” and that AVV...Read More

A man who broke into a house and tried to grab a teenage girl from her bed has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.Christopher Buxey, 43, from Gosport, broke into the home of a family in a village near Chichester, West Sussex, in the early hours of 4 June.The teenager woke to find him...Read More

POTTSTOWN — Teens, parents, law enforcement officials and advocates shared their perspectives on how social media negatively affects student learning, socialization and mental health during a public hearing of the Senate Majority Policy Committee hosted by Sen. Tracy Pennycuick (R-24) today. “As chair of the Senate Communications and Technology Committee, I have firsthand insight into...Read More

The Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Education have inked a deal aiming to strengthen coordination among schools, local government units, and emergency responders to ensure safer learning environments following incidents of school shootings. In their statement, the two agencies said they signed a Joint Memorandum Circular to strengthen school safety...Read More

Stakeholders at the 7th Annual Summit of the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN) have called for a unified national framework to coordinate efforts to protect schools from attacks and other security threats. The stakeholders made the call on Wednesday at the summit in Lagos, themed “Schools Under Threat: From Reactive Responses to Sustainable Protection.”...Read More

Simmons-Read said the social media ban for under 16s, which is due to come into force in 2027, “doesn’t go far enough”, could be bypassed by criminals and could even discourage young people from speaking up about online grooming.”We want tech platforms to invest more in detecting exploitation when it’s happening on their platforms,” he...Read More

My daughter has just turned 18 and always been at the forefront of digital technology. So who better to consult on one of the hot issues of the day: how to protect young minds from the excesses of social media while preserving the enormous benefits of the digital world. I was preparing to moderate a...Read More

<!–>SAFETY HARBOR, Fla. – A man is in custody after taking off with his young child following a Safety Harbor shooting that sent a woman to the hospital Tuesday evening.  Safety Harbor bar shooting –>What we know: The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to Harbor Bar on Main Street in Safety Harbor, after...Read More