MGN HARRISBURG, Pa. –Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) Monday announced more than $1.4 million in School Safety and Mental Health grants will be awarded to five school districts within the 183rd Legislative District. According to a news release from Mako, the funding will be used to support physical security enhancements and/or mental health initiatives. It was...Read More

A car crash that claimed the lives of five teenagers in Ireland early Sunday (Aug 16) has raised police concerns about the role social media plays in dangerous driving incidents in the country. The teenage boys were driving in a car on the wrong side of a motorway outside Dublin when they collided head-on with...Read More

The Tell Someone: Child Safety Small Grants Program provides funding for Tasmanian community organisations to develop projects that prevent child sexual abuse, grooming, and harmful sexual behaviours while strengthening child-safe practices. The programme offers grants from $500 to $10,000 (GST exclusive) to support organisations at different stages of their child safety development journey. Eligible applicants...Read More

Alexa PenaVega’s “heart is heavy” after the death of Hayden Panettiere, most notably because it marks the third passing of a fellow child star in 2026. The “Spy Kids” actor noted in a statement on social media that she rose to fame with and grew up alongside the likes of Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh...Read More

Among the thousands of legal claims Meta faces over child safety across its platforms, none may prove more consequential than one going to trial in California this week. The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contributing to a youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features to hook children on its platforms....Read More

France’s Constitutional Council has declared that legislation limiting social media to kids under 15 constitutes “a disproportionate infringement of freedom of expression and communication and, on the other hand, have not provided the legal safeguards necessary to ensure the right to respect for private life.” In short, this throws a wrench into France’s plan to...Read More

Meta is kicking off a court battle with some of the highest stakes yet. But it is far from the only litigation facing the social media giant and its competitors. In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contributed to the youth...Read More

Meta is set to face attorneys general from four US states in an Oakland, California, courtroom on Tuesday in a closely watched case alleging that the company violated child safety and consumer protection laws and contributed to harm to children’s mental health, according to media reports. The trial, before US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers...Read More

Meta is starting a major court battle over claims it contributed to the youth mental health crisis. The trial, beginning Tuesday, involves allegations that Meta… Meta is kicking off a court battle with some of the highest stakes yet. But it is far from the only litigation facing the social media giant and its competitors....Read More

NEED TO KNOW Jessie James Decker shares how back-to-school shopping brings back emotional memories of her own childhood She also shares a look at her own kids’ lists and how she plans and budgets the shopping Decker also gives a look at how her family dynamic around her social media posts has evolved — even...Read More