Florida sued TikTok on Monday, alleging that the platform violates the Sunshine State’s child safety law that bans children under 14 years of age from all social media platforms. Parental consent is required for teens aged 15 and 16 to create social media accounts, as outlined under House Bill 3. The lawsuit led by Florida...Read More

Sheri Madigan is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Jeff Temple is a professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Sexting is known as the sharing of sexually explicit images and videos through the internet or via electronic devices such as smartphones. One in seven teens report that they are sending sexts,...Read More

SAN ANTONIO — A growing partnership between the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. Secret Service has led to the arrest of more than a dozen people accused of trying to exploit children online, officials announced Wednesday. Sheriff Javier Salazar and U.S. Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Brian Gibson highlighted the joint effort,...Read More

New data on rising adolescent screen time has triggered discussions, with many reporting stress, sadness and exposure to harmful online content linked to social media. The European Union’s Special Panel on child safety online has concluded its final meeting, marking a key step towards developing new recommendations to strengthen protections for minors in the digital...Read More

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer wants tech companies to stop teenagers from sending and receiving nude images. But this ostensibly well-intentioned proposal would be a disaster for adult privacy. “I’m calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images,” Starmer said on...Read More

Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty has responded to allegations that he let “cut loose” an alleged child sex offender after a citizen sting operation was conducted in Longmont earlier this week Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty has responded to allegations that he let “cut loose” an alleged child sex offender after a citizen...Read More

Kenneth Parnell’s Early History Parnell was born in 1931 in Amarillo, Texas, at the height of the Depression. His mother was a rigid, fundamentalist Christian, and his father was an alcoholic who abandoned them when Parnell was 6. According to Mike Echols, author of I Know My First Name Is Steven, Parnell was so distraught...Read More

California’s AB 1709 would force invasive age checks, hand personal data to Big Tech and block teens from educational and community resources on social media. tulcarion Getty Images The California legislature is on the wrong track with Assembly Bill 1709, a bill to prohibit those under 16 from using certain social media apps — the...Read More

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) – Protecting children from social media has been a topic of debate ever since smartphones became readily available to the public. Just recently, officials in the United Kingdom announced they will be banning a range of social media apps for children under the age of 16. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer...Read More

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A proposed social media ban for children under 16 in the United Kingdom is reigniting conversations about how to protect young people online — and whether similar measures could eventually gain traction in the United States. The proposal would block children from accessing platforms including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. Benjamin...Read More